well after days of wrangling with local
leaders the prime minister says a 60
million pound support package for
greater manchester
will be distributed to local councils in
the region effectively bypassing the
mayor andy burnham
talks between the government and local
leaders ended in no agreement a prime
minister's questions the labour leader
sakir stama accused the government of
pitting regions against each other
and of bargaining with people's lives
here's our deputy political editor vicky
young
for months life hasn't been normal
anywhere in the uk
but slowly more and more of us are being
told to live once again under very tight
restrictions
telling us who we can see where we can
travel what stays open
and what must close boris johnson
insisted today that the sacrifices are
paying off that the coronavirus isn't
spreading as fast as it did in the
spring
why is it so chaotic but he's been
accused of reducing the amount of help
going to workers whose businesses are
ordered to shut
there's no other country in europe mr
speaker where
so much support so much help has been
given to the population to get through
this crisis and we will continue
to do that but that's not how the mayor
of greater manchester sees it
negotiations over financial support for
his area descended into mudslinging
after days of uncertainty the prime
minister announced that 60 million
pounds would now be given directly to
councils people working in betting shots
but the labour leader says workers will
be shortchanged
because the new job support scheme pays
less than the furlough scheme it's
replacing
their rent in their mortgage won't be
lower their food and their heating bills
won't be lower
and that could last for months why can't
the prime minister and the chancellor
understand this
stop bargaining with people's lives stop
dividing communities
and provide the support that's needed in
manchester
and mr speaker i'm i'm very proud that
this government has already given
greater manchester
1.1 billion pounds in so in support for
business
and there's another row brewing about
money with another labour mayor
sadiq khan says london's transport
network tfl
needs a second bailout from the
government ministers say that'll only
happen
if the mayor puts up fares and taxes
rather than punishing londoners playing
party political games
let's get around a table and do a deal
that's right for tfl
that's right for london and that's right
for our country
as this pandemic drags on the bills rack
up and the arguments about how much the
government should fork out
will continue for months ministers
insist that most of the negotiations
have been
straightforward but the recent acrimony
between
some local leaders and central
government suggests that politics
is starting to get in the way back in
the commons tempers have been spilling
over too
excuse me did the honourable lady just
call me scum
bench we will not have remarks like that
not under
any circumstances the row over funding
for greater manchester isn't
quite over but with new restrictions
imminent politicians from all parties
are urging people
to follow the rules vicky young bbc news
westminster
well one of the big issues for millions
of people living under tier 2
restrictions the high alert level
is that there's far less support for
businesses than those in tier three
the hospitality industry calls it the
worst of all worlds
our economics editor faisal islam is
with me now
and the chancellor is expected to
address this tomorrow well we're
certainly expecting an announcement from
the chancellor of vikschecker
tomorrow in the house of commons and
what we do know
is that this issue is being discussed in
private talks that we're going on
into the night and it essentially boils
down to this that you have as we've been
hearing
kind of three tiers of restrictions
across england
in this case but you only have two tiers
of support and the gap between the two
is quite large sort of 22 percent
taxpayer support for wages
versus two-thirds 66 and so there's that
area in the middle
as we've been hearing where in
essentially tier two
you don't have to shut down your pub or
your restaurant but your business model
is not going to work frankly with these
sorts of restrictions
there's some recognition of that within
government and there'll be some moves
along those lines if what i'm hearing is
correct
i think it's something that a number of
local leaders especially some
conservative leaders for example the
mayor
of the west midlands andy streets have
said that they're concerned about
but in general too you know when the
chancellor announced his winter economic
plan
it was set against a backdrop of uh
infections declining and the economic
recovery beginning to take hold that is
no longer the situation as we have seen
so i think we'll see
some addressing of these issues tomorrow
thank you