Well We are now - tier 2
From Alex Cunningham
This Tory Government has completely and utterly failed the people of Teesside and the North East. Our businesses are now facing the toughest times imaginable: 12,500 jobs have been lost in the Tees Valley since March, and the failure of the Tories’ coronavirus response means it is inevitable that more good jobs are going to be added to the scrap heap.
"Our families are once again being torn apart, for months on end. Yet not every area with the same levels of infections is being treated the same. We deserve to know why nearby Tory areas with high infection rates are being spared these tighter measures. The Government are playing dangerous political games with people’s lives.
“But in the midst of such bungling incompetence, Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations are rising across the Tees Valley, and so it is vital that we all do our part and stick by these new rules to bring the virus back under control.
We must not listen to the naysayers who have been sowing seeds of mistrust and doubt about the appropriateness of further measures.
The UK has one of the highest coronavirus death rates in the world, and it continues to climb. Now it is time to pull together and support our local services who will be implementing these new restrictions, and working to keep us all safe.