GREATER Manchester leaders saw details of the Tory Government's lockdown finance proposals live on TV.
Greater Manchester’s 10 council leaders had asked for £65 million from the UK Government for tier three Covid restrictions, but the Tories were only willing to part with £22m.
Mayor Andy Burnham said this is "no way to run the country".
In the BBC News clip, which has been widely shared on social media, Burnham is seen looking at his phone while local politicians tell him restrictions will come into place at 12.01am on Friday.
One politician tells Burnham: "At one minute past midnight on Friday, this is what's being said to MPs, it's going to be £20m only and they are going to try to pick off local councils."
Burnham tells the camera: "It's brutal to be honest isn't it. This is no way to run the country in a national crisis. It isn't. It's not right.
"They should not be doing this - grinding people down, trying to accept the least that they can get away with. £22m to fight the situation we're in is frankly disgraceful."
The clip was filmed before the Downing Street press conference where Boris Johnson said, in addition to the £22m, a "generous and extensive offer to support Manchester's businesses" had been put on the table.
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"This offer was proportionate to the support we have given Merseyside and Lancashire [the other areas in tier three], but the mayor didn't accept this unfortunately," the PM said.
But furious local Tory MPs accused the government of punishing the area for not being cooperative.
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