UK coronavirus live: Birmingham, Kent, Greater Manchester, Newcastle among regions in tier 3 measures

What we believe is completely wrong is the government’s decision to provide no additional business support to areas in tier 3 than those in tiers 1 and 2.

The new tier 3 will hit the hospitality sector extremely hard. While there are grants for businesses forced to close, there is no extra support for business which supply them like security, catering and cleaning. This will cause real hardship for people whose jobs will be affected and risk the loss of many businesses.