UK announces Leicester lockdown after spike in Covid19 cases
June 29, 2020The dramatic action threatens to overshadow Johnson's big speech on Tuesday setting out how he plans to "build, build, build" to get Britain out of a deep recession brought on by the lockdown.
In extracts of his speech released by Downing Street, Johnson said his plan "sounds positively Rooseveltian, it sounds like a New Deal". Brexit happened on January 31 –– although London is still negotiating a trade deal with Brussels –– but coronavirus derailed the rest of his agenda.
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