While some residents welcome end to uncertainty many feel progress Tories were making in region is now lost
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While residents of Greater Manchester were relieved to finally receive a decision on whether the region would go into tier 3 lockdown, most did not view local leaders’ inability to strike a deal with the government as a failure.
As the mayor, Andy Burnham, gave his press conference outside The Bridgewater Hall, Steve Steinsberg – who had been out for “the last few pints before we draw up the drawbridge” – said he was “not a Labour man” but was with Burnham all the way.
