Burnham calls on Nicola Sturgeon to justify travel ban

Greater Manchester mayor says move ‘totally disproportionate’ given case rate in Bolton is lower than Dundee

Andy Burnham has called on Nicola Sturgeon to justify the “totally disproportionate” travel ban between the north-west of England and Scotland in an open letter.

The mayor of Greater Manchester intervened after Sturgeon extended the ban on non-essential travel – it was already in place for Bolton and Blackburn with Darwen – to Manchester and Salford on Friday.

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