Boris Johnson has unveiled the UK's plan to bounce back from challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Johnson says the government's priority is to support jobs and economic growth. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to tackle inequality and "level up" the country on Tuesday with a post-pandemic raft of laws presented by Queen Elizabeth to parliament. "We are bitterly disappointed that social care only got a passing mention in today's Queen Speech," said Edel Harris, chief executive of the learning disability charity Mencap. "Where's the ambition and funding when people are being left without the vital care and support they need to get by?"

Source: News 24 May 11, 2021 12:33 UTC