Not Yet Free (with Mary Foy MP)

There has been anger from some business leaders and backbench Tory MPs about the decision to extend most remaining Covid restrictions for another four weeks as a result of surging infections. Mary Foy Labour MP for the City of Durham tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Roger Hearing the delay is justified, but the problem is of the government's own making because they failed to secure the borders to prevent the Delta variant from coming in. Amy Lame, London's Night Czar, and co-founder of the night club Duckie, joins to discuss the damage to London's night economy and the need for government support to clubs and venues that could disappear as a result of the extended restrictions. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com