Boris Johnson today unveiled a £5bn recovery plan to brace Britain for the "thunderclap" of coronavirus. The Prime Minister admitted the virus was still "circling like a shark in the water" - but said if he didn't act now, the economy faces collapse.
Unveiling money for roads, town centres, schools and hospitals, he said the economic crisis we face now is worse than the global crash of 2008.
He also vowed to strip away planning laws, designed to protect communities from inappropriate buildings, to stop "newt-counting" and "scythe through red tape and get things done.” He warned the furloughing of 9.3m jobs at a cost of £25bn "cannot go on forever" - and admitted "jobs that many people had in January are not coming back - or at least not