Johnson vows ‘new deal’ to rebuild post-virus UK


Reprising spending pledges he made before December’s general election, the prime minister will announce the acceleration of £5bil (US$6.2bil) of investment in roads, schools and hospitals and promise to publish a strategy for further capital spending in the fall.

LONDON: Boris Johnson will commit to spending on infrastructure to rebuild the coronavirus-ravaged UK economy in a major policy speech and say that balancing the books must wait until recovery is secure.

Reprising spending pledges he made before December’s general election, the prime minister will announce the acceleration of £5bil (US$6.2bil) of investment in roads, schools and hospitals and promise to publish a strategy for further capital spending in the fall.

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