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Quote from The Sun: A group of Northern Mayors are today at war with the Government over lockdown rules - as they fight new restrictions which may close pubs within days.
The leaders of Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle city councils - Judith Blake, Sir Richard Leese and Nick Forbes - joined Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson to write to the Health Secretary to say they are "extremely concerned" with the rise in cases.
And they said they would not back any more economic lockdown measures which would hurt businesses.
The Labour politicians wrote: "The existing restrictions are not working, confusing for the public and some, like the 10pm rule, are counter-productive.
They called for additional powers to punish those who break rules, and for new restrictions to be developed by police, council and public health experts and for a locally-controlled test and trace system instead of the national one.
They added: "We want to be clear however that we do not support further economic lockdowns."
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Seeing pictures and video of crowded streets after the 10pm curfew shows that it's not the right way to tackle the spread and is probably counter-productive.
The current surge in cases is primerilly due to the Universities opening and students mixing together despite the six rule.
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