Sunak warns ban could cost jobs
Rishi Sunak has warned a 'blunt' circuit-breaker national lockdown could cause 'permanent damage,' to UK jobs and firms.
There are growing calls, particularly from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, for a two-week circuit breaker to be implemented as a means of slowing the Covid-19 infection rate.
Manchester and Lancashire could well join Liverpool under Tier 3 restrictions on activity as part of the Government's latest Covid-19 strategy.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr Sunak has defended regional lockdowns, saying they prevent nationwide measures that would be a 'hit to businesses and jobs.
But A YouGov poll estimates around 68 per cent of the population would support a two week, nationwide, circuit breaker lockdown.
Mr Sunak, alongside Cabinet minsters including Bu...