Ministers urged to increase basic rate of UK statutory sick pay
Briefly

Currently, the basic rate of statutory sick pay (SSP) is fixed at £116 a week, which critics argue certainly leaves hundreds of thousands struggling financially as they cope with health issues and cannot work.
A coalition of charities expressed that the perils of the low SSP rate leads many to poverty, calling for an increase as the health of working-age individuals worsens.
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