Covid can change UK like 'new Jerusalem' of 1940s, Johnson claims
by Jessica Elgot and Heather Stewart from on (#58VEF)
Prime minister tells virtual Tory conference that country must not return to status quo
Boris Johnson claimed the ructions" of the Covid pandemic can pave the way for a transformation akin to the new Jerusalem" pledged by the postwar cabinet as he sought to restore Tory morale with an upbeat party conference speech.
With Keir Starmer's Labour party gaining in the polls, and mounting disquiet among colleagues over Johnson's handling of the pandemic, the prime minister used his set-piece speech to set out an optimistic vision of change.
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