Government accused of being London-centric with Covid support

Ministers accused of ignoring pleas from northern England for three months – only agreeing to help once London entered tier 2Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government has been accused of London-centric decision-making as the chancellor looked set to help to businesses suffering under Covid restrictions less than a week after a ban on household mixing came into force in the capital – after ignoring similar pleas from much of the north of England for almost three months.The complaints came as a minister said there had been a “good resolution” to negotiations about putting Greater Manchester under the tightest tier 3 restrictions, after the region’s only Conservative council leader broke ranks with his Labour colleagues to negotiate a bespoke deal for Bolton. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/22/government-accused-of-being-london-centric-with-covid-support #coronavirus #north_of_england #london #rishi_sunak #uk_news #politics