Summary of UK Gov's 2nd Daily Corona Meeting

Part 1 - General Advice and Response (Boris Johnson)

‘Act like any wartime government’
‘The government machine must and will respond with a profound sense of urgency’
‘We must do more and faster’
‘We need to strengthen other public services’
‘Although we now need to impose physical distance between ourselves, we must at the same time have closer social support for eachother’
‘Yes this enemy can be deadly, but it is also beatable, and we know how to beat it…’
‘How ever tough the months ahead, we have the resolve and the resources to win the fight’
‘This government will do whatever it takes’

‘This struggle will not be overcome by a single package of measures’
‘It will be won through a collective national effort, everyone of us doing all we can to protect family, neighbours, friends, jobs’
‘This national effort will be underpinned by government interventions in the economy on a scale unimagineable only a few weeks ago’
‘This is not a time for ideology and orthodoxy, this a time to be bold, a time for courage’
‘I want to reassure every British citizen: this government will give you all the tools you need to get through this’
‘We will support jobs, we will support incomes, we will support businesses, and we will help you protect your loved ones’
‘We will do whatever it takes’
‘The government will stand behind businesses small and large; I can announce today an unprecedented package of government-backed and guaranteed loans to support business to get through this’
‘Today I’m making avaliable an initial 330 billion pounds (£330bn) equivalent to 15 percent of our GDP’
‘That means any business who needs access to cash to pay their rent, salaries, suppliers or purchase stock will be able to access a government-backed loan or credit on attractive terms’
‘If demand is greater than the initial 330 billion pounds I’m making avaliable today, I will go further and provide as much capacity as required. I said whatever it takes, and I meant it.’
‘Delivered through two main schemes’