Ban on leaving Manchester for four weeks? Do some stores close? Closed hair salons? Here’s what could come with the new government lockdown measures … to be announced tomorrow.

A ban on leaving the local area for at least four weeks could be among the new coronavirus measures to be implemented tomorrow, according to reports this morning.

Northern leaders, including Mayor Andy Burnham, are locked in negotiations with the government over the new rules.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly signed an agreement for a simplified three-tier system of local locks for England’s regions this week.

They are said to be “medium risk”, “high risk” and “very high risk”.

Manchester is reported to be in the highest category alongside Liverpool and Newcastle, where infection rates are also increasing.

More details of what that could mean have been leaked to the national Sunday papers.

According to the Sunday Times, residents of third-tier areas will be told “to avoid all but essential travel and not to travel between zones.”

Bars, restaurants, cafes and clubs are also facing closure, along with some shops and services such as hair salons, although schools will remain open, the newspaper says.

The Sunday Telegraph also reports on the travel ban.

Guidance for third-tier regions will involve “asking residents not to travel outside their areas except for specific reasons such as work and education,” the document says.

Pubs would have to close, and restaurants could stay open until 10 p.m., while residents could face a ban on multiple households mixing indoors or outdoors, it is claimed.

Downing Street is said to be asking local leaders at the “very high risk” level to call for the closure of specific types of hospitality or entertainment venues, including beauty salons and sports centers.

According to the Sunday Times, mayors like Andy Burnham and Joe Anderson of Liverpool have until noon today to finalize their applications.

However, Sir Richard Leese, head of Manchester City Council, told Times Radio that there was a “great gulf” between the city and the government in the ongoing discussions about new restrictions.

He said: “It seems we have a near impossible task of penetrating the Westminster bubble.”

Sir Richard said the council’s own data showed that “there was no evidence that the bar closing works.”

He also said that the government had spoken of a four-week “expiration” clause to review any future restrictions, but that “there was no clarity” on the matter.

And he also questioned the data the central government was working with, with rural Cumbria “clustered” with Merseyside and Greater Manchester.

He added: “I think we believe with good reason, because of the data and knowledge of what is happening, on the ground we have much more detailed data than the government and we are in a much, much better position to lead in the process of containment.

“And we are still receiving information from the government and the meetings that took place on Friday, not just in Greater Manchester across the north, where we receive proposals for solutions with no evidence to suggest why they are necessary and no evidence to suggest they would work.” . when all the evidence we have says they’re looking in the wrong place. “

He said his data showed very little evidence of transmission of the virus in pubs and suggested closing pubs simply shifted the problem to outdoor gatherings and in unregulated settings.

Northern leaders are also desperately fighting for better financial support for companies being asked to close.

In an open letter sent to the government yesterday, they said the package announced by Foreign Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday afternoon was “final and not open for negotiation.”

“We have great difficulties with that,” the leaders said.

“Despite many requests, the government has been slow to recognize that an adequate support package would be needed for individuals and businesses affected by local restrictions.

“When it finally showed up last night, it wasn’t enough to protect our communities during the difficult period ahead.”

Leaders say they “can’t understand” why the new license terms are set at 67 percent of wages instead of 80 percent as before.

“Accepting it would be treating hospitality workers as second-class citizens and we believe that is wrong,” they added.

They also question why the plan will start in early November, meaning that payments won’t be made until early December, six weeks after the companies have been forced to close.

The scheme should also be expanded beyond companies forced to close, as the new restrictions may “ choke the influx of audiences in many of our towns and cities and many more companies and places like theaters, arenas and cinemas are likely to be affected by new restrictions. ”

“We believe that any local licensing scheme should be much more available to companies in areas with the highest level of restrictions that can demonstrate a severe impact on trade from them,” they added.

Leaders also raise the lack of support for those who are self-employed and say the £ 3,000 a month business support offered will be ‘woefully inadequate’ to prevent many from collapsing.

“And while ‘additional funding’ for local authorities is welcome, there is only £ 80 million left in the pot to share among local authorities across the country,” they add.

“Municipalities across the north have already been hit by millions of pounds in additional costs and lost revenue, and so far only about a third of that has been covered by the central government.

“For the reasons we have given above, accepting the Chancellor’s package at this point would be to deliver our residents, their constituents, to serious hardship in the lead up to Christmas. We are not prepared to do that.”

The letter is signed by Andy Burnham, Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotheram, Sheffield Mayor Dan Jarvis, North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll and Manchester City Council Leader Sir Richard Leese.