THE Mail’s readers have reacted after a report that dozens of applications for discretionary £500 payments to help people self-isolate in Barrow have been rejected. The grant, targeted at workers not eligible for the main Test and Trace Support Payment because they do not receive benefits, helps people with coronavirus on low incomes to self-isolate if they cannot work from home. But figures obtained by the Labour party show more than 70 per cent of applications across England were rejected, as the Government denied claims that it was planning to extend the payment to everyone who tests positive for Covid-19. A Freedom of Information request showed 99 applications were made to Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council. Of these, 84 were rejected and 12 were granted – with the rest left outstanding.