Midlands residents: how are you affected by the local lockdown?

In a letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak, West Midlands mayor Andy Street, said the measures would create an ‘avoidable domino-effect across local economies’.
Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

On Wednesday morning, much of the West Midlands was placed into the tier 2 “high risk” category, banning all household mixing indoors.

The region’s Conservative mayor has warned that restrictions, also in place across most of the north of England, imposed on his region will cause severe economic damage.

We want to hear from local people, schools and business about their experiences. We’re also interested in hearing from those who are working directly with the pandemic, whether it’s with the NHS or local test and trace.

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