Workers on low incomes in parts of England where there are high rates of coronavirus will be able to claim up to £182 if they have to self-isolate.

From Tuesday, those who claim Universal Credit or Working Tax Credit and cannot work from home will be able to get the money - equal to £13 a day.

The benefit will be trialled in parts of north-west England first.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said the payment "goes nowhere near far enough", adding people need "full pay".

Employed or self-employed people who test positive for the virus are required to isolate for 10 days, so those eligible for the extra money will get £130.

But members of the household of someone who has tested positive, who must self-isolate for 14 days, will be entitled to up to £182, assuming they also qualify for the payment.

Anyone else who is told to self-isolate by NHS contact tracers and meets the qualification criteria will also be entitled to £13 a day - about the same as statutory sick pay - for however long they must self-isolate.

The payment, announced by Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Thursday, applies to benefit claimants who live in areas where there are high numbers of coronavirus cases.

The England-wide scheme will begin with a trial in Blackburn with Darwen, Pendle and Oldham, where there have been tighter lockdown measures after a rise in cases.

If the payment is successful it will be "quickly" rolled out to other areas where there are lots of cases, the Department of Health said.

According to data published earlier this month, nearly 5.5 million people across the UK are now claiming benefits - an 81% increase since March.

"Self-isolating if you have tested positive for Covid-19, or have come into contact with someone who has, remains vital to keeping on top of local outbreaks," said Mr Hancock.

He said the payments had been introduced after feedback from England's contact tracing programme, NHS Test and Trace, and would mean people "don't lose out by doing the right thing".

The health secretary told BBC Breakfast that NHS Test and Trace was now reaching "almost 80%" of contacts and the extra support will help "get the last few percentages".

The system has faced criticism over the number of people who have been successfully tracked down and asked to self-isolate after coming into contact with someone with the virus.

Some 6,000 contact tracers in England will be cut from the national service by the end of August, in favour of local public health teams.

Mr Burnham said he had been "calling for weeks" for the government to provide financial support for those asked to self-isolate.

"I am pleased they have at last acknowledged this issue but am sorry to say this move goes nowhere near far enough."

"The health secretary has already said that he couldn't live on Statutory Sick Pay at £95 a week. So how can an announcement like this work?"

He added that it would not provide the support many workers in Greater Manchester needed to co-operate with NHS Test and Trace and called for the government to enable people "to self-isolate on full pay".

Mohammed Iqbal, Labour leader of Pendle Borough Council in Lancashire, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that while financial support was welcome, £13 a day was "a slap in the face".

"I've spoken to people who have tested positive who I have persuaded to stay home and the kick back from them is to say... 'who is going to put food on the table for my wife and children?', and that is a question we have been pushing back to government for a few weeks now," he said.

People will need to provide evidence - including, for example, proof of a positive test, a message from NHS Test and Trace and a bank statement - and the money will be provided within 48 hours, the government said.

Mr Hancock said the aim was to get money to people quickly - at the start of their isolation "rather than afterwards".

The government said checks will be undertaken to make sure people who apply are unable to work from home. The payment will not reduce any other benefits that a person may already receive.

The scheme will be trialled in Blackburn with Darwen, Pendle and Oldham to assess how effectively vulnerable people have been reached, and consider how far it has helped reduce transmission of the virus in those areas, the Department of Health said.

"If the approach is successful, the scheme will be quickly applied in other areas of high Covid-19 incidence," it added.

Universal Credit payments have been increased by £20 a week for the period between April 2020 and March 2021 due to the pandemic, but Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey has rejected calls from campaigners to also scrap the benefits cap for the same duration.

The benefit cap limits how much any one household can receive in benefits.

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