sir ed davey, thank you. iam not good enough. sir ed davey, thank you.g. i just want to catch up with the funding from the chancellor for tier three and other areas. he said he had a comprehensive plan. let's speak to our business respondent sarah caulker. talk us through the level of support. sir ed davey says it is not enough. how did businesses react? the government is grappling with those conflicting demands of protecting public health, but also trying to keep the economy open. as you heard, businesses in liverpool in those tier three areas that have been told by the government to shut, i'm talking about pubs, casinos and gyms, they can access that additionalfinancial gyms, they can access that additional financial support. so the government has said they were pay two thirds of the wages of staff up toa two thirds of the wages of staff up to a maximum of £2100 a month. there are also additional grants available for businesses of up to £3000 a month. some businesses have welcomed this as an extra safety net. but others have said this compensation does

their leader, sir ed davey, called it a huge mistake, adding that asking our already overstretched policeis task is self—defeating and a serious misjudgement. meanwhile, the stand—off over which tier level the greater manchester region should be under, continues. the region's mayor andy burnham has denied further talks have been scheduled for this morning. the government says it did reach out. whitehall wants greater manchester to join lancashire and the liverpool city region in the very high alert level. mr burnham is insisting on financial support for businesses. i do think it is very good that he's holding out for better measures. we do need that. it hasn't been done enough. but also there is a point where you cannot hold human lives as a leverage any more. i don't know how well tier three would work out. we have already been in tier two for four months and it doesn't seem to have helped much. maybe the circuit breaker might be a better thing to try. across the uk, 16,171 new cases of the virus were recorded in the latest 24—hour period. 150 new deaths were also registered in the same

ed davey: mikey is severely disabled. turned 18 last month, so he is one of the first to see his child trust fund mature, but mikey's disabilities mean that he cannot manage his own finances, so he cannot access the savings. government rules on child trust funds mean that his parents cannot access them either without paying expensive legal fees. this is mikey's own money. he wants to use it to buy a specially adapted tricycle. so, will the prime minister look at the proposals that mikey's father has shown me to end this injustice for disabled young people and let mikey buy this trike? pm johnson: of course, mr. speaker, i will do whatever i can to help in the particular case that he raises. i do not know whether the tricycle he mentions is eligible for a number of the schemes that i can immediately call to mind, but if he cares to write to me, i will of course answer immediately. mr speaker: we now head up to harrow for bob blackman to land his question. bob blackman: thank you, ground control. my right honorable friend w

very quickly, a couple of comments you have been sending in —— ed davey.ignore the rules. you are watching bbc news. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: london mps have been told the capital will move into higher restrictions from midnight on friday, meaning no household mixing indoors. it means nine million people now face tighter restrictions in the uk‘s capital. london‘s mayor had been calling for stronger measures to be put in place. calling for stronger must warn londoners we have i difficult i must warn londoners we have a difficult winter ahead. just as we have always in our city‘s great history, i know we will get through this dark time by pulling together. meanwhile, leaders in northern england hold talks with downing street — about whether lancashire and greater manchester should join liverpool in the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions. research suggests the long—lasting impact of a coronavirus infection may not be a single syndrome but up to four different ones. a curfew for paris and eight other big cities in france will come into for

will students get back from university to homes and we have heard from the lib dems leader, sir ed davey see borisjohnson's government reaching out across the english regions and the four nations of the united kingdom to plan for christmas. he really needs to do that and if we did that in a way which is cracking down on this virus properly, because it is increasingly clear they have lost control. the second wave is here, the death rate is rising. they have not listened to the expert advice. if they can do that now and do that across the four nations, then there is still a chance that we can get this pandemic much better under control, get that r rate down so christmas can be as near—normal as possible. any signs of the government responding to that call? what i am hearing from the government is that it is too early. maybe in usual times people would be planning what they are going to do for christmas, maybe even doing some christmas shopping by this stage but i think government sources have indicated it is too early they think. boris johnson has said it is his ambition forfamilies to joh

let's speak now to the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey.artbreaking. everyone's thoughts will be with their families. and really i agree with your previous speaker. the government has failed time and time again to provide safe routes for people with genuine reasons for wanting to seek asylum in the united kingdom. the liberal democrats have called for a long time for sanctuary. and the government failing to work with other countries, to properly provide those routes, results in people losing their lives as we have seen. another thing i want to talk to you about is that the liberal democrats, with the alliance party of northern ireland, are calling for a uk wide plan for family gatherings at christmas. what do you mean? well, 2020 has been such an appalling year for so many families across the united kingdom. people were looking forward to christmas. i think they are seeing, with the r number rising and infections across the whole of the united kingdom, they are worried that christmas will be cancelled. so what the liberal democrats, and the