UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson faces Keir Starmer at PMQs; Scotland braced for new restrictions
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Taiwo Owatemi (Lab) says Coventry is running out of brownfield sites. So where will the new homes it needs be built?
Johnson says there is abundant brownfield space all over the country. He says as the planning authority for London, he knows. He says rules are making building difficult. He will turn generation rent into generation buy.
Stephen Timms (Lab) says it would be unthinkable to cut the £20 universal credit uplift before the crisis is over.
Johnson says this is being kept under review.
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