it would be ‘impossible’ to lift the measures in boroughs with low infection rates as Covid-19 was ‘endemic’ across the region.
His comments prompted nine local Tory MPs to write to health secretary Matt Hancock calling for ‘swift action’ against Mr Burnham’s ‘crude and ineffective’ approach.The letter was made public by the Bury Conservatives in a Twitter post on Thursday afternoon.But in a scathing response Mr Burnham reminded them that the restrictions had been introduced not by himself but by the government.Publishing his own letter on Twitter, Mr Burnham said: “In choosing to write to me in the way that you have, it is clear that you disagree with your own Government’s decision but do not have the courage to say so.“Instead, you are.
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