Boris Johnson appeared to have no idea that Greater Manchester had spent months under tougher Covid restrictions than London, Andy Burnham has said, arguing that this exemplified an over-centralised approach to the pandemic.
You know, we've been under restrictions for a long time.' He said: What do you mean?' I said: We've been under restriction since July. You do know about that, don't you?' It did seem that he didn't know about that. He wasn't aware that we've been struggling all of that time.
Burnham said there was a wider London-centricity in decision making that meant lockdown restrictions were lifted in May 2020 when the north of England was still near the peak of the first virus wave, a few weeks behind the south.
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