RUSHES: Coronavirus: Boris Johnson speech

Coronavirus: Boris Johnson speech; ENGLAND: West Midlands: Dudley College of Technology: INT Press conference part 4 of 12 Boris Johnson MP (Prime Minister) speech SOT. - and I know that some have sometimes played up the legitimate variations in the response between the devolved administrations but when you look at the whole effort you can see the absolutely vital role of that union and that partnership It is our fantastic UK armed services that have played such a crucial role in this crisis running the test centres, building the hospitals, transporting people from the Shetlands to the right Covid wards It was the might of the UK Treasury that set up that furlough scheme – in all corners of the country and sent massive and immediate extra funding to all four parts of the UK I believe the union has more than showed its worth and a prosperous and united Kingdom must be a connected Kingdom and that is why we are now accelerating projects from South West to the North East from Wales, to Scotland, to Northern Ireland and to drive economic growth in all parts of the country we will carry out a study of all future road, rail, air and cross-sea links between our all our four parts of the UK When did a government first promise to dual the A1 to Scotland ? It was 1992 Well this government is going to do it and it is this infrastructure revolution that will allow us to end that other chronic failure of the British state decade after decade in which we have failed to build enough homes We will build fantastic new homes on brownfield sites and other areas that with better transport and other infrastructure could frankly be suitable and right for development and address that intergenerational injustice and help young people get on the housing ladder in the way that their parents and grandparents could and it is to galvanise this whole process that this government will shor...