“Later Matt Hancock came to the House of Commons chamber and said that they had offered £60million and that was still on the table.
“It’s really hard to describe how chaotic this process has been over the past 10 days.
“The upshot is that we are going into Tier 3 restrictions after months and months of being in Tier 2 restrictions, people unable to see family and businesses struggling to operate without any help from the government. We’re just in complete shock.”
Singh commented: “The reason it broke down yesterday is because Andy Burnham wanted 65 and he wasn’t given 65 so it obviously, for whatever reason, the government have thrown their toys out the pram and it is 22, and who knows what will happen today.
“The point I’m asking is I just want to know why Andy Burnham asking for £65 million when neighbouring counties accepted £56 million?”
