No sign of tier 3 restrictions in Cheshire East, says leader

By Tom Avery

21st Oct 2020 | Local News

SAM Corcoran, leader of Cheshire East Council, has said he does not want to see tier 3 restrictions placed on the borough.

Responding to a question from Alsager Town councillor Sue Helliwell, who was speaking at today's (Wednesday) full council meeting as a resident, the Labour representative added he had not asked the government for such a move.

Cllr Corcoran said: "This is an important issue and worth spending time on. There are many issues [raised by the letter] that are not addressed in tier 2.

"The decision by the government to impose tier 2 does not address many of the requests, and it does not address the failure of test and trace.

"I do not want to see the government impose tier 3 — our infection rates do not justify tier 3."

The letter referred to was co-penned a 'detailed, nine page document' sent to the government asking for £45 million of more support and enforcement powers.

It was drawn up by the leaders of Cheshire East, Warrington, and Cheshire West councils.

Independent deputy leader Cllr Craig Browne added that since Cheshire East had entered tier 2, it had asked for £5 million of extra funding to support the education sector, but only received £158,000.

Similarly, it asked for £23 million, to support industries like retail and hospitality, but received nothing from Westminster — the same figure granted following a £400,000 to help with communications.

     

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