would be closed down from next week to try and combat soaring infection rates. The proposed move has sparked furious backlash from the region's leaders and businesses, with Labour MP Angela Rayner saying Boris Johnson was treating the north 'with contempt'.
Many said the first they had heard of the plans - which are part of the government's lockdown tier system that will reportedly be implemented across the UK in the coming days - was on Thursday's newspaper front pages.
Now, on BBC's Question Time, airing on Thursday night, Mr Burnham said he would look to challenge the measures the government look set to impose on the North West.“I will not accept the government just imposing restrictions these decisions upon us, briefing them to.
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