Hancock warns of 'difficult choices' as Greater Manchester leaders stand defiant
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned of "difficult choices" as Greater Manchester leaders stand defiant against further coronavirus restrictions.
Mr Hancock announced a tightening of rules for a number of areas with London moving to a Tier 2 alert level from early on Saturday morning, but Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burham and all 10 of the area's councils have unanimously rejected plan to place boroughs into Tier 3 restrictions.
It is unclear whether the Government will chose to impose restrictions on Greater Manchester and Lancashire this week.
Barrow-in-Furness, York, North East Derbyshire, Erewash, Chesterfield, Elmbridge and Essex are also moving to Tier 2 as infection rates are 'rising sharply'.
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