KING of the North Andy Burnham has started a legal challenge to Boris Johnson’s Tier 3 assault on the Greater Manchester region.
Burnham’s advisor for the Night-Time Economy Sasha Lord revealed that the Greater Manchester local authority had launched a Judicial Review into the legality of implementing the Tier 3 restrictions on Greater Manchester.
LATEST: Last night we started the Judicial Review into the legality of implementing emergency restrictions on Greater Manchesters hospitality sector, without scientific evidence.
A pre-action letter has been filed and we await the Health Secretary's response.
The fight goes on.
— Sacha Lord (@Sacha_Lord) October 21, 2020
Lord who founded the hugely successful Park Life Festival and Warehouse Project in Manchester claimed the Government did not have “scientific evidence” to put Greater Manchester into Tier 3.
He tweeted:”Last night we started the Judicial Review into the legality of implementing emergency restrictions on Greater Manchesters hospitality sector, without scientific evidence.”
“A pre-action letter has been filed and we await the Health Secretary’s response. The fight goes on.”
More follows.