a making the announcement this morning mayor danjarvis said the area will receive him in extra fundingtrictions will apply to all four local authority areas in south yorkshire — barnsley, doncaster, rotherham and sheffield. danjohnson is in sheffield. yes, this is another million or more people who are now affected by the highest level of local lockdown restrictions and the mayor of the city region here in south yorkshire, dan jarvis, said city region here in south yorkshire, danjarvis, said that he had accepted those tighter measures because more older people were contracting the virus here. he said the number of people with covid in local hospitals had doubled over the last ten days, he said there was no sign that would relent over the coming weeks and therefore in action was not an option. there will be further disruption here to social life and to business. even the youngest lives are disrupted by the impact of the virus and the new restrictions to control it. that means your playtime will soon be over. i do not understand why soft play is included. we had babies in lockdown and we

danjarvis has made a statement today. pretty much on a par, and because the government is following this formula, which then obviously begs the question as to why even have the negotiations? that's right. some people say it isn't a proper negotiation. again, it's south yorkshire, and one of the councils there in rotherham was saying it was a take it or leave it deal the government was effectively offering, and was offering more than the £31 million of support. there is a formula covering test track and trace, which is £8 per head, but it is far less of a formula 1 it goes to support for businesses. —— but it is far less of a formula when it goes to support for businesses. this is roughly in line with the population of each place. greater manchester is offered 60 million because it has roughly twice the number of people in that area. it looks like they are moving towards a per capita formula, but at the same time, if they are doing that, people are questioning how much devolution is involved here, and there was meant to be

let's look at these tweets from danjarvis. i hope we can show them to you.for sheffield, barnsley, doncaster and rotherham. liverpool got 44 million, lancashire 42 million. so it does sound like it is in keeping with those two areas. it does, but it also sounds like a drop in the ocean. lets be honest, we have no exit plan. there is no exit plan and many independent businesses will close. so, this might be all right for lives, but i'm not sure it is right for livelihoods and we have been inundated with the thought of tier 3. how long are tier 3 restrictions going to last for? what is the criteria to get out of it? the big problem here is that nobody is confident there is a plan. nobody believes that, come christmas or february, come spring, nobody believes they know what they are doing and that they can lead us through this at a national or local level. track and trace is a mess. if we had done it locally, it would have been much better and we would have been much better and we would have had proper investment, and we could have got on top of it in a way tha

i will be talking more to danjarvis after five o'clock.ended for another week. there will be financial support offered to businesses affected, but the industry body, the scottish licensed trade association, has commented. they say they're extremely disappointed by the extension of these restrictions and that they think the damage could be irreparable. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, acknowledged those worries in her comments at her daily briefing. she said she knew the restrictions are very unwelcome, harsh for businesses, harsh emotionally. none, she said, are being taken lightly, but it is all about trying to save lives. in the last 24 hours, as you say, there's been some extremely sobering figures coming out. 28 people have died who've tested positive for the virus. that's the highest number of deaths since the 21st may. nicola sturgeon said that those relate, of course, to people who were probably infected two or three weeks ago. she also said, although it's still very early days, she does believe the restrictions, coupled

ina in a moment, i'll be speaking to the sheffield mayor, danjarvis.espondent iain watson gave me this update on how the government is preparing for the ramifications of these new latest moves. i think there's quite a bit of work going on behind the scenes. so we have people in the very tightest restrictions by the weekend. i think does things have been requested of the government — the first is to be more transparent about the funding formula that they are using to give support to local authority areas. and we've got a little bit further down the road in that the community secretary, robertjenrick, down the road in that the community secretary, robert jenrick, saying £20 - 21 secretary, robert jenrick, saying £20 — 21 per head was being used. now there is a formula that relates, some of the money goes to the track and trace, but there's an argument for economic support for businesses. that looks like it might be more formalised, which might give some of the rancour about some saying they've been treated unfairly. so there's some work there. the other

let's head up to barnsley to visit the mayor, no less, danjarvis. thank you very much, mr speaker.tion for south yorkshire. the financial support will provide some help for our people and our economy. but we all understand it will mean sacrifice. families will be separated, workers will suffer, and businesses face uncertainty. i need to the minister and the government to the minister and the government to repay that sacrifice by working closely with us, with our local authorities, and with our nhs. together we need to do everything we can to get a grip of this disease so that our region can move out of these restrictions as soon as possible. mr speaker, i reiterate the tribute ipaid to mr speaker, i reiterate the tribute i paid to the honourable gentleman for his approach throughout this. it is abundantly clear that he, like all of his colleagues, have the best interest of his region at heart. and have worked constructively throughout this process to get the right health and —— right help and economic support in that area. i look forward to working in close co—operation with him as

of the city region here in south yorkshire, dan jarvis, said city region here in south yorkshire, danjarvise said, "the number of people in covid—i9 in hospitals has doubled over the last few days." he said there was no sign that would rele nt over said there was no sign that would relent over the coming weeks, and in action was not an option. that means there will be further disruption to social life and business too. we will turn to more areas of the pandemic in the second half of outside source. hello there. we've seen some pretty heavy rain across parts of northern ireland and scotland to start this week. and during today, it was england and wales which saw the wettest of the weather. for thursday, it looks like conditions will turn a bit dry for many of us, thanks to this ridge of high pressure, and many should get some sunshine as well. now this is a complicated area of low pressure which has brought in all the rain for england and wales, and also across northern scotland. it'll hang around the north of the uk as we move through the overnight period. some pretty heavy rain there, stro

signed by andy burnham, jamie driscoll, danjarvis and steve rotheram, it calls the newjob support schemeto have gone far enough to prevent genuine hardship". the merseyside borough of knowsley has one of the highest coronavirus infection rates in england — 602 cases per 100,000 of the population. it's also one of the most deprived parts of the country, and unlike some other areas which have seen big increases it doesn't have a large student population. our special correspondent ed thomas reports. i live on the 13th floor and i'm thinking i'm safe up there because it's down here. as coronavirus cases spike, peter has decisions to make. i've got a 14—year—old daughter in school. some of the students have got it in the school and i'm thinking, should i pull her out or should i keep her in? why don't you just stay at home with her and look after her? because obviously i've still got to go to work. i still provide for my daughter. all too real, a close elderly family member is now ill. her two kidneys are packing in and she has been tested as positive, as covid—19. do you think she's going to

good morning, danjarvis, thank you for talking to us.xtension of some kind ofjob support scheme is presumably something you would welcome —— furlough scheme. in general terms, yes they do welcome it, and we had productive discussions with number 10 downing street last week about what further restrictions might be being brought in next week. so we welcome the general principle that there is financial support that will go alongside the restrictions we are expecting. i will be meeting with other leaders across the north of england this morning to look carefully at the detail of what the chancellor has proposed. because what we think it is a good start we still don't think it will go far enough and likely there will be a requirement forfurther enough and likely there will be a requirement for further targeted economic support that for those sectors of the economy that are facing real hardship, many of which will go on over the weeks and months if there is not further targeted support to get them through this challenging period. it is challen

the local council leaders in the end nominated their mayor danjarvis to be our principal interlocutorleader of manchester city council and the leader of bolton council. my door is always open to council leaders in greater manchester and other parts of the country who want to discuss what further support we wa nt to to discuss what further support we want to give because this isn'tjust about money, as important as that is. it is also about the other things we can do together. we have offered more support for enforcement, military support if necessary , enforcement, military support if necessary, for logistics. there is a lot we can and should be doing because we want, going into tier 3, to bea because we want, going into tier 3, to be a short—term measure, that will last 28 days and at the end of that we want to have turned the tide on the virus so it has to be an intense period where central and local government is doing everything we can to get the situation under control. can i ask you, we talked to you last week and monday, respect andy burnham yesterday and what it seems to come d

rate is the tenth highest in england and the ba rnsley tenth highest in england and the barnsley mp danjarvis and trace process, it is hoped with local knowledge that process ca n is hoped with local knowledge that process can be done more efficiently and can help to bring the coronavirus infection rate in this region down more quickly too. thank you very much. restaurants and community groups have given their support to marcus rashford's campaign to feed disadvantaged children during the school holidays. the footballer said he felt "proud to be british", as dozens of businesses said they'll provide meals over october half term, after mp5 rejected a labour motion to extend the free school meal voucher scheme. our political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us now. jessica, this has really gained momentum. the vote happened, and mp5 made that decision, but since then, quite a lot has happened hasn't it and this morning we are hearing about more and more local authorities but individuals, businesses, who are making their own minds up about what is the appropriate action. yes, stepping in to pro