Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds
FUNDING for regions that have been under coronavirus restrictions has been “inconsistent,” with some areas getting no money at all, shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said today.
While asking an urgent question in the Commons, Ms Dodds noted that Leicester had received £3 million, Liverpool £7m and north-east England had been allocated “an undefined funding package,” but that there was “nothing for Greater Manchester or the West Midlands.”
She urged the government to publish the criteria used to determine the amount of support given to areas under local lockdown.
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