Solidarity with Manchester. People ‘forgotten by those in power’ North & South
The breakdown of talks between the Government and Manchester leaders on financial support to cover the impact of additional COVID-19 restrictions is styled in some media as a north-south issue.
It isn’t as a comparison of the October 2020 claimant count for Tottenham in North London and Manchester Central below underlines (other Manchester Constituencies have similar figures)
It is about working people ‘forgotten’ by the Tory Government or perhaps as likely people they never knew existed.
People here have been living under restrictions for three months, he says – and it’s taken “a heavy toll”
“To accept any further restrictions would be certain to increase levels of poverty, homelessness and hardship,” he says.
People “too often forgotten by those in power” are most affected, he says.
Andy Burnham (reported BBC)
This isn’t about Manchester, Liverpool or any other part of the North vs London. It’s about communities up & down this country who are ignored, their representatives sidelined & belittled by an ideologically driven, out of touch & centralising Westminster & Whitehall #solidarity
Philip Glanville, Mayor of Hackney
Claimant Count October 2020
Manchester Central 9,740 7.8%
Tottenham 12,665; 12.7%
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