29/06/2020 Boris pledges billions to get Britain booming after coronavirus crisis with huge revival plan | Daily Mail Online Privacy Policy Feedback Monday, Jun 29th 2020 9AM 16°C 12PM 15°C 5-Day Forecast Home News U.S. Sport TV&Showbiz Australia Femail Health Science Money Video Travel DailyMailTV Discounts Latest Headlines Coronavirus Royal Family George Floyd Boris Johnson World News Arts Headlines France Most read Wires Login Boris pledges billions to get Britain Site Web Enter your search booming: PM says we'll 'bounce forward' with massive revival plan after coronavirus crisis... and proves he's 'full of beans' by doing press-ups on the No 10 carpet (and he's helping Carrie with the nappies) The PM has promised to build hospitals, schools and housing developments He says he will be 'doubling down' on his pledge to 'level up' wealth distribution The Prime Minister will announce details of his plan in a set-piece on Tuesday Carrie Symonds and son Wilfred are 'doing very well' and are 'healthy and happy' By GLEN OWEN POLITICAL EDITOR FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 22:00, 27 June 2020 | UPDATED: 17:31, 28 June 2020 7.1k 6.1k shares View comments Boris Johnson today pledges to spend tens of billions of pounds to save the British economy from disaster in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, the Prime Minister promises a building blitz of hospitals, schools, housing developments and 'shovel-ready' road and rail infrastructure projects, while an 'opportunity guarantee' will aim to save the jobs of workers who have lost out in the employment market. Signalling a clear break with the policy of austerity imposed by David Cameron in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Mr Johnson says that he will be 'doubling down' on his pledge to 'level up' the distribution of wealth across the country. 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Coleen Rooney 'vows to spend MILLIONS and this dreadful disease, we want to get He called for for the Chancellor to be has blank cheque ready in bid to win legal Britain moving again. more flexible with the furlough battle with Rebekah scheme and continue to provide Vardy'... as the WAGS head to court 'We're building now very much a road to financial support to certain sectors. recovery, a road map focusing on 'We need a jobs Budget - the focus ADVERTISEMENT infrastructure right now, levelling up should be jobs, jobs, jobs and jobs across the country, focusing on roads, again,' Mr Reynolds told Sky's Ridge on broadband - the type of things that Sunday. effectively help to create jobs but also 'Crucially, things like the furlough provide services and economic growth scheme cannot be a one-size-fits-all and opportunity across the country.' scheme. Mr Johnson's vow came as: 'If you look around the world a lot of countries are acting flexibly - we need He responded to Westminster rumours to see that in this country for sectors of poor health by doing press-ups in that are still very much affected by the Downing Street during the interview, crisis.' and saying that he feels 'as fit as a Meanwhile Ed Miliband said he 'fears butcher's dog'. Thatcher levels of unemployment' if the hospitality sector and others which Travel companies reported their cannot fully reopen do not receive biggest ever Saturday sales ahead of continued help from the Government. next week's launch of the traffic light The shadow business secretary told system that will allow Britons go on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: 'You've holiday to the safest destinations got to have a bridge between the end without having to be quarantined for 14 of the furlough and a proper job days. creation programme.' The UK recorded 100 more coronavirus Mr Miliband said a VAT cut should be deaths, the lowest Saturday figure one option considered but is not at the top of his list, instead focusing on how since the start of lockdown and nearly different sectors have been affected a quarter down on the figure from by the lockdown and virus. Hailey Bieber shows seven days earlier. off her incredible figure On reports that Boris Johnson wants to in orange bikini from her road trip to Utah It is to become compulsory for pupils help areas previously affected by with husband Justin to return to schools in September, with austerity, Mr Miliband replied: 'There's Tory MPs expressing concern about the a grand canyon between his rhetoric and the reality.' Brooklyn Beckham 'feral' behaviour of children no longer hints he has returned to required to go to school. the UK and been reunited with beloved parents David and Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick Victoria after 3-month lockdown in the US came under fresh pressure over his handling of a Tory donor's £1billion EastEnders stands in property development after a solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement whistleblower accused Mr Jenrick of as show unveils large playing 'fast and loose' with the case. mural of a black woman in Albert Square The Prime Minister will use his speech on v Tuesday to announce a taskforce – dubbed 'Project Speed', and led by Mr Sunak – to cut down the time it takes to deliver 'high quality infrastructure'. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8466783/Boris-pledges-billions-Britain-booming-says-bounce-forward-huge-revival-plan.html 3/42 29/06/2020 Boris pledges billions to get Britain booming after coronavirus crisis with huge revival plan | Daily Mail Online Projects in the pipeline include plans for "It totally changed the 40 new hospitals, 10,000 extra prison way I eat": How this healthy WEIGHT LOSS places and a school rebuilding plan can help you achieve our summer programme.