as passenger numbers plummeted and social distancing was introduced.
29.05.2020 - 19:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Greater Manchester’s councils are facing a ‘dire’ £400m shortfall even after a second Covid bailout to town halls across the country, according to local leaders.
At the same time Metrolink is still looking at a £30m loss by the end of the financial year as a result of lost passenger numbers and social distancing.
Trafford’s Labour chief labelled his council’s financial situation ‘really, really scary’ and warned that closing all the borough’s libraries and axing 10pc of staff would still save
as passenger numbers plummeted and social distancing was introduced.
protesters have taken to the streets of Manchester in recent days in response to the death of George Floyd in America.
describing the situation as a data ‘logjam’.
hereAll the data analysed by our Data Unit originated from records police submitted to the Home Office themselves, and calculated using the latest population statistics available from the Office of National Statistics.
Rochdale Town Hall car park.The facility - one of only three of its type in the country - is for residents who are displaying Covid-19 symptoms but unable to visit drive-through sites due to not having their own transport.It is a self-testing site - meaning those who use it have to perform the procedure themselves, under guidance from staff - and has the capacity to carry out 16 tests an hour.The facility, off Packer Street, is one of the government’s Local Test Sites (LTS).
On Monday, health secretary Matt Hancock returned to a buzz-phrase that has become increasingly prevalent as government moves England into the next phase of its pandemic response.
The number of reported hospital admissions for coronavirus in Greater Manchester is now higher than at any point since late April, having risen for the second week in a row.
Greater Manchester leaders have pledged to build ‘stronger dialogue’ with local black communities in the wake of the ‘callous murder’ of George Floyd.
Salford has the highest rate of deaths from coronavirus in Greater Manchester, figures show.
Council bosses in Tameside have warned that government funding for coronavirus costs doesn’t ‘touch the sides’, with the town hall predicted to face a £48m shortfall next year.
Fourteen more lives have been lost to coronavirus in Greater Manchester.
There are now more than 10,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Greater Manchester.
Another 15 people have died after contracting coronavirus in Greater Manchester.
Every week, the coronavirus death toll rises as more victims are lost to this awful disease.
Twenty more people have died after contracting coronavirus in Greater Manchester.
A further six people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals having contracted coronavirus.
Seventeen more lives have been lost to coronavirus in Greater Manchester's hospitals.
Another 24 people have died from coronavirus in Greater Manchester's hospitals.
Another 21 people have died from coronavirus in Greater Manchester's hospitals.
Another 23 people have died from Covid-19 in Greater Manchester's hospitals.