CLEANERS at the Ministry of Justice have cautiously welcomed an offer of full Covid-19 sick pay, but warned yesterday that the move does not go far enough. 

Outsourced workers, who have continued to clean central London offices during the pandemic, will now receive full pay for any coronavirus-related sick leave, backdated to April 1. 

The announcement on Wednesday evening follows the deaths of two workers in April and reports of a coronavirus outbreak among cleaning staff, with at least five falling ill during lockdown.