UK coronavirus live: Andy Burnham accuses government of ‘walking away’ from Greater Manchester tier 3 talks

12.07pm EDT 12:07

Prof Jonathan Van-Tam, the deputy chief medical officer for England, is showing slides explaining the Covid situation.

Here is a slide from 12 October, showing the prevalence of Covid, on the left, and the extent to which it is increasing, on the right. It is the slide for over-60s, the group Van-Tam says worries them most.

Slide from 12 October Photograph: No 10

And here are the figures for now.

Slide now Photograph: No 10

Updated at 12.27pm EDT

12.03pm EDT 12:03

Boris Johnson’s press conference

Boris Johnson is starting his press conference now.

He says the countries doing best against Covid around the world are adopting local and regional measures.

12.00pm EDT 12:00

Greater Manchester council leaders were getting details of the government’s plans while the Andy Burnham press conference was still going on.

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11.53am EDT 11:53

Q: Are you worried that, having told people these rules will be unfair, they won’t obey them because of you. It could be like Dominic Cummings.

Burnham says the opposite is the case. He is telling people to obey the rules.

He says he is urging people to do the right thing.

And, on that note, he has wrapped up the press conference.

Boris Johnson is due to hold is own press conference at 5pm.

11.47am EDT 11:47

At his press conference a reporter suggested to Andy Burnham that, given the gap between the government and Greater Manchester was relatively small, that suggested he was “showboating”, and just boosting his standing ahead of next year’s elections.

At that point several people in the crowd watching shouted: “Rubbish.”

Burnham did not accept the charge. He said £5m may not be much to the government, but it is to Greater Manchester. And he said you should consider the things the government has been willing to spend money on.

Updated at 11.50am EDT

11.44am EDT 11:44

UK reports record 21,300 new cases and 241 deaths

The government has updated its coronavirus dashboard. Here are the key figures.

Commenting on the death figures, Dr Yvonne Doyle, medical director of Public Health England, said in a statement:

The trend in deaths is rising sharply.

Tragically we know that older people and those with underlying health conditions tend to suffer more if they become unwell.

We all have a responsibility to follow the restrictions to help stop the virus spreading to those who are at greater risk.

Updated at 12.10pm EDT

11.36am EDT 11:36

Burnham says it would be wrong for government to now withdraw £60m offer

Burnham says this came down to a small amount of money. That was easier for the government to find than for Greater Manchester to find. But they weren’t prepared to do this.

He says he does not think the government has worked out what the impact of tier 3 will be – how many people will end up sleeping rough.

But this is not over, he says. He says he now wants parliament to intervene.

If the government were to withdraw the £60m on offer, that would be “an act of very poor faith”, he says.

11.33am EDT 11:33

Burnham says he has doubts about whether closing the places the government wants to close will bring the virus down.

That is what we were facing – pain without the results.

I don’t think the government has yet brought forth a proposal to make its tier 3 proposal work.

Leese says government experts and Greater Manchester experts were united in thinking the government’s approach would not work.

11.31am EDT 11:31

Burnham says 80% of wages is a basic level of support.

(The new government furlough scheme pays 67%.)

11.30am EDT 11:30

Burnham says government offer was ‘deliberate act of levelling down’

Burnham is now taking questions.

Q: What happens next?

Burnham says he thinks they will impose tier 3.

It was not about what they wanted. It was about what they needed, he says.

The government should realise that, if they are asking people to close down places of work, they have to fully support them.

The ‘whatever it takes’ attitude from earlier this year has gone, he says. Now it is ‘you’ll get what we give you’.

Q: Is support still available?

Burnham says the government put £60m on the table.

He suggests he would be surprised if they now withdraw it.

The government said they were committed to levelling up.

What we’ve seen today is a deliberate act of levelling down.

Updated at 11.33am EDT