The city-region’s politicians react to Tier 3 announcement
Reporter: Alice Richardson (Local Democracy Reporter)
Date published: 18 December 2020
Council leaders and MPs have had their say on the region remaining in Tier 3.
Greater Manchester’s political leaders have criticised the government’s decision to place the area under the strictest coronavirus rules – but Rochdale’s leader has welcomed the news.
Trafford’s director for public health, Eleanor Roaf, said she doesn’t believe Greater Manchester is being ‘punished’.
She said: “I think really, unfortunately, in Greater Manchester we happen to have a lot of things that put our population at greater risk – more people in lower paid work, more people doing face to face work and more people in factories.