Southport to face ‘winter of discontent’ warn region’s leaders

Southport and the north of England will face a “winter of dangerous discontent” unless the test and trace system improves, regional leaders have warned.

Speaking at the weekend Greater Manchester Metro Mayor Andy Burnham warned that more needs to be done to avoid the entirety of Northern England heading into a major Covid-19 disaster:

He said “This could be a winter of dangerous discontent here in the north of England and I think the prime minister needs to wake up to that.

“I think there’s a very real and present danger that Covid-19 is going to widen the north-south divide because we are heading into a winter where the north of England is under restrictions unlike the south.”

“It’s got be a change moment where the government says if we put you under restrictions, this is the guaranteed support you get in return. We haven’t got that at the moment.”