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Covid support schemes 'show benefits can be flexible'

Committee chairman says simplicity is an option

Support schemes during the coronavirus outbreak prove the Island's benefits system can be more flexible.

That's from the chairman of a Tynwald committee looking into poverty on the Isle of Man.

Treasury has provided additional funds to businesses and individuals whose income has been impacted by the pandemic.

Juan Watterson says less complex options can work:

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