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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

‘Our town centres were dying long before the virus came’

Deprivation in Greater Manchester may have been exacerbated by Covid but its sources go back much further, say local people

The pandemic’s devastating impact on Tameside, Greater Manchester, might not be visible from a walk along Ashton-under-Lyne’s high street but, in Lee Walker’s opinion, the effect of decades of underinvestment is starting to show.

When asked about the causes of health and social inequality in Tameside, he gesticulates at the empty shops around him.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/361s1jc

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