Boris Johnson says coronavirus has been 'disaster' for UK and suggests 'Rooseveltian' approach to rebuilding economy

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Boris Johnson says coronavirus has been 'disaster' for UK and suggests 'Rooseveltian' approach to rebuilding economy
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Wrong to return to 'what people called austerity', says PM ahead of major speech

has warned the UK economy faces"bumpy times" ahead as he set out his desire for a"Rooseveltian approach" to rebuilding after the pandemic.crisis had been"a disaster" for the UK and an economic effort similar to US president Franklin D Roosevelt's"New Deal" was needed to lift the UK out of the doldrums.

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