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Apr 2022
Resign and higher fines: Harrogate district bereaved families react to PM's lockdown party fine
Two Harrogate district women who lost parents during the pandemic have given their reaction to the news the Prime Minister and Chancellor will receive fines for lockdown parties.
Tracey Jones and Tracy Atkinson were unable to be with their parents as they died due to covid restrictions and found it difficult to hear about the parties at Downing Street.
Ms Jones, from Ripon, lost her dad Tony Wass in February 2021. She said the Prime Minister should resign saying his actions were "selfish and barbaric".
Tony Wass, aged 58, after completing a Great North Run.
She said:
In June 2020, Tracy Atkinson from Harrogate lost her mum Carol Ann Alton. Carol didn't die of coronavirus but because she was in a care home her daughter couldn't be with her:
Carol Ann Alton (centre bottom), her son Richard, husband Richard and daughter Tracy.
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Susie Little set up the Facebook group Covid Co-Operation, Harrogate, as the first lockdown began, and co-ordinated a huge amount of community support. Speaking today, she said:
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