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The Treasury announced funding in December to provide a lifeline for businesses in England suffering from mass cancellations and declining footfall over the Christmas period when the Omicron variant was spreading. Local authorities were entrusted to deliver the one-off grants, worth up to £6,000, for leisure, hospitality, and accommodation businesses. Yet just £305million, distributed to