Manchester: Prime Minister Boris johnson On Sunday Covid will promise to take “big, bold decisions” to transform Britain, hoping to set the tone for governance conservative PartyThe convention is already hit by the fuel, gas and Christmas food crisis.
Johnson wanted to use the conference this week to turn the page on more than 18 months of COVID-19 and to reconsider his 2019 election promises to tackle regional inequality, crime and social care.
Instead, the prime minister finds himself on the backfoot more than nine months after the UK exit The European Union He said that a departure would give the country the freedom to shape its economy better.
They are now faced with being unable to fill their cars with petrol, by retailers who fear that Christmas fares may drop, and by gas companies struggling with an increase in wholesale prices. .
In a statement released on the eve of the conference in the City of Manchester, Johnson did not mention the ongoing crises and instead called his government’s “track record of meeting the priorities of the people”.
“We haven’t passed covid To go back to how things were before – to the status quo. Build back better means we want things to change and improve as we recover.”
“That means making big, bold decisions on people’s priorities – on social care, on supporting jobs, on climate change, on tackling crime and raising standards.”
He reiterated his mantra that the government did everything possible to boost businesses, protect jobs and successfully launched a massive vaccination program during the pandemic.
But for many critics, this often-repeated statement is a refusal to acknowledge the missteps in the early days of the pandemic, when the government seemed reluctant to shut down the economy to stem the spread of the virus.
At the convention, the return of a state benefit top-up for low-income families and the end of a COVID jobs aid scheme may also have attracted criticism from some MPs, particularly in areas of northern and central England. from those traditionally supported. Opposition labor party.
Johnson wanted to use the conference this week to turn the page on more than 18 months of COVID-19 and to reconsider his 2019 election promises to tackle regional inequality, crime and social care.
Instead, the prime minister finds himself on the backfoot more than nine months after the UK exit The European Union He said that a departure would give the country the freedom to shape its economy better.
They are now faced with being unable to fill their cars with petrol, by retailers who fear that Christmas fares may drop, and by gas companies struggling with an increase in wholesale prices. .
In a statement released on the eve of the conference in the City of Manchester, Johnson did not mention the ongoing crises and instead called his government’s “track record of meeting the priorities of the people”.
“We haven’t passed covid To go back to how things were before – to the status quo. Build back better means we want things to change and improve as we recover.”
“That means making big, bold decisions on people’s priorities – on social care, on supporting jobs, on climate change, on tackling crime and raising standards.”
He reiterated his mantra that the government did everything possible to boost businesses, protect jobs and successfully launched a massive vaccination program during the pandemic.
But for many critics, this often-repeated statement is a refusal to acknowledge the missteps in the early days of the pandemic, when the government seemed reluctant to shut down the economy to stem the spread of the virus.
At the convention, the return of a state benefit top-up for low-income families and the end of a COVID jobs aid scheme may also have attracted criticism from some MPs, particularly in areas of northern and central England. from those traditionally supported. Opposition labor party.
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