Newcastle council chief hits out at 'confusing and contradictory' Covid rules
by Helen Pidd North of England editor from on (#58NM1)
Nick Forbes says even council enforcement officers do not know how to interpret rules
The UK government's confusing and contradictory" Covid restrictions for the north-east of England have left space for dangerous" conspiracy theories to fill the void, the leader of Newcastle city council has warned.
Nick Forbes, the city's Labour leader since 2011, said confusion over the latest restrictions - which even Boris Johnson got wrong - were deeply unhelpful", admitting even his own enforcement officers were not immediately clear how to interpret them.
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