Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to shake Britain's economy out of its coronavirus-induced crisis on Tuesday by fast-tracking infrastructure investment and slashing property planning rules.
LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to shake Britain’s economy out of its coronavirus-induced crisis on Tuesday by fast-tracking infrastructure investment and slashing property planning rules.
“We cannot continue simply to be prisoners of the crisis,” Johnson said. “We must work fast because we’ve already seen the vertiginous drop in GDP and we know that people are worried now about their jobs and their businesses.” “We will build the hospitals, build the schools, the colleges. But we will also build back greener and build a more beautiful Britain,” he said.
“It’s not enough,” Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer told the BBC. “The prime minister promised a new deal - well there’s not much that’s new and it’s not much of a deal.” Britain’s recent history shows that while big infrastructure projects are often seen as a way to create jobs improve the economy, they are difficult to deliver.
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