Government reveals Tier 3 support package for Notts businesses
Nottinghamshire – excluding the city of Nottingham – will receive £23.1m in financial support from the Government as it enters Tier 3 restrictions from tomorrow (Friday October 30).
The figure was revealed by the of Nottinghamshire County Council at a press conference held by council leader Kay Cutts.
The money is broken down into £16.5m for businesses and £6.6m for local authorities to help contain the spread of the virus.
Cutts also said the Government will review the Tier 3 measures at 14, 21 and 28 days.
Meanwhile, Derbyshire MPs have held a meeting with Health Minister Nadine Dorries to discuss introduction of Tier 2 restrictions for rest of Derbyshire.
However, according to the Labour MP for Chesterfield Toby Perkins, the meeting had to be cut short as the meeting had been set up on a free Zoom account which cut off after 45 minutes.
Perkins described the incident as “amateur hour”. Despite this, the Government has placed North and North East Lincolnshire, Amber Valley, Bolsover, Derbyshire Dales, Derby, South Derbyshire, High Peak and Charnwood into Tier 2 restrictions from one minute past midnight on Saturday.
