With winter firmly taking hold and the dreaded flu doing the rounds, there’s never been a better time to take stock of how a more serious illness could affect your finances.

In most instances, a flu bug is nothing that a good dose of Lemsip and daytime TV won’t fix. But if you were still too poorly to do your job after a couple of weeks, or a couple of months, how might you carry on covering your regular outgoings?

One of the many great benefits of being a GMB member is being part of GMB PROTECT’s income protection plan.