UK Covid live: Starmer announces plan for British Recovery Bond to boost jobs and community investment

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Latest updates: Labour leader sets out vision for economic recovery from Covid crisis; chancellor’s budget to provide fresh rescue package

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Here is the Guardian’s political correspondent Peter Walker on Keir Starmer’s calls for a “moral crusade” in wake of Covid pandemic to deliver social justice and equality:

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Boris Johnson will use a meeting of world leaders on Friday to set a 100-day target for the development of new vaccines for emerging diseases to help avert a repeat of the pandemic, according to PA media.

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