Boris Johnson says building industry will help fix nosediving economy

By Tom Lowe2020-06-30T13:17:00

Planning system to be overhauled as first quarter GDP figures slump to 1979 levels

The industry has broadly welcomed what Boris Johnson says will be the UK’s version of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal for the US in the 1930s, promising £5bn to accelerate infrastructure projects across the country.

The prime minister is putting construction at the heart of a plan to get the economy moving again after the havoc caused by the covid-19 pandemic.

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