'It's a poverty divide'... thousands of Greater Manchester businesses will shut tonight and people are scared - Manchester Evening News

And she says the reduction of the furlough payments from 80pc of salaries during the national lockdown “is a big drop”.

It is going to hurt,” she said.

But the mum-of-four says she feels fortunate because her children have all left home and her factory worker husband is in full time employment.

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She believes the lockdown will also affect the pub’s regulars.

She added: “I think we are being treated unfairly up here.

Plus I think our health service has been run down up here.

But she said the so called north-south divide is more about the ‘haves and have-nots’.

“I don’t know exactly what it is going to cost me but I am worried, it is my living” said John.

He said: “They said it is a minimum of 28 days.

John is opposed to any lockdown and says the pub trade has been unfairly picked-on.

She said moving out of Tier 2 into Tier 3 could be better for the business because of the promise of financial support, although it is unclear exactly what they will be offered

“I’m not happy but I think it is the best of a bad situation,” she said