Angry leaders in the North have slammed Tory handling of the pandemic as 10 million in the region face lockdown. Ministers are expected to unveil new restrictions on Monday amid a spike in Covid-19 cases.
And Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle are set to go straight to “Tier 3” under a new system for grading disease risk in England.
But the way the proposal was revealed sparked anger – with claims of a lack of consultation and “diktats” from London. And the row is all the more bitter due to the PM’s claim to be “levelling up” the country, having won his huge majority last year by smashing Labour ’s Red Wall.
Now, many of those Tory-held seats face the toughest coronavirus curbs since the nationwide lockdown was eased on July 4. Here,
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