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BT, the whole of Lancashire, Greater Liverpool and Greater Manchester are under Tier 3. Pubs can open if they provide a "substantial" meal. (???)
The Government has offered exactly the same amount of money to Gtr Manc as was accepted by Gtr Liverpool and Lancashire. Why should the Mancs get more? If they did, then Lancs and Liverpool would be up in arms - along with other areas that are sure to join Tier 3 very soon. The Government cannot be seen to be treating each region differently.
Sinkov, the reason for the wild fluctuations in the figures of daily deaths is because deaths are under reported at weekend and then there is usually a spike on Tuesday when they catch up.
For some reason your figures don't reflect this.