Twenty Tory MPs have today written to Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham saying let’s work together to avoid another damaging lockdown.
They say that the country should be tackling the virus on a regional basis, responding to the infection rates if we are save lives, look after the NHS, keep children in school, & shelter the economy.
The letter was was organised by Jerome Mayhew, MP for Broadland in Norfolk, and was signed by MPs representing constituencies currently at the lowest tier of Covid restrictions and says that a national lockdown would impose “severe costs” on areas with low transmission.
“It does not make sense to shut down the whole country when the virus is spiking in particular locations,” adding our constituents, like yours, have made many sacrifices to get – and keep – the virus under control in our areas,”
However Greater Manchester Tory MP James Daly has expressed his anger at the letter
“A deeply disappointing letter. Unnecessary and Ill-advised as to the continuing efforts of all politicians, cross party, in GM to represent the best interests of our residents during this challenging period and beyond.“
