UK's most vulnerable people at risk of losing 60% of their income

Citizens Advice warns of lack of safety net for many of the 2.5 million ordered to shield at home

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A loophole in government guidance has caused some of the country’s most vulnerable people to lose up to 60% of their income and is now forcing many to put their health at risk as lockdown comes to an end, one of the UK’s biggest charities has warned.

Around 2.5 million UK residents, hundreds of thousands of whom are in employment, have been identified by the government as being “extremely clinically vulnerable”. They were ordered to shield at home until the end of June, although their employers did not have to furlough them. 

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2ZKwkxA