Coronavirus: Boris Johnson wants to keep tax burden 'reasonable' during the economic recovery. The prime minister says that he wants to keep taxes down but seems unable to guarantee that when asked by Sky's BethRigby. More here:
"It sounds like a 'new deal' - and all I can say is that if so, then that is how it is meant to sound and to be," the PM said.
Mr Johnson also promised the"most radical reforms" of planning since the Second World War to help more people to get onto the housing ladder. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said:"The prime minister promised a 'new deal'. But there's not much that's new and it's not much of a deal.
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