PM rejects imminent inquiry into deaths, as Keir Starmer calls for July budget

Boris Johnson has called for a new, investment-led approach to the economy as he said coronavirus had been an absolute nightmare for the UK.
The prime minister used a rare live interview to promise the aftermath of the pandemic would not result in a return to austerity.
In his own round of media appearances, the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, said it was staggering the government was waiting unitl autumn to set a budget, and accused ministers of a lack of planning over reopening schools.
Johnson, speaking to Times Radio on its first day of broadcasting, also pushed back against the idea of an imminent inquiry into the scale of Covid-19 deaths in the UK, saying this was too soon.
I happen to think that the moment is not right now, in the middle of really getting things going, still dealing with the pandemic, when everybody is flat out, he said.
I dont think the moment is right now for consecrating a huge amount of official time to all that, but we are learning lessons the whole time and we obviously will draw the right conclusions for the future.
Johnson said it was time for a Rooseveltian approach to the UK, referencing the former US presidents programme of economy-boosting public works in the 1930s under his New Deal policy, including new spending on schools.
This has been a disaster, lets not mince our words, this has been an absolute nightmare for the country, he said about coronavirus. The country has gone through a profound shock. But in those moments you have the opportunity to change and to do things better. We really want to build back better, to do things differently, to invest in infrastructure, transport, broadband you name it.
While refusing to specifically rule out any spending cuts, Johnson said his aim would be to invest to help the economy recover. You have to be careful and the chancellor will be setting out our plans in the spending review in the autumn.
But in the end what you cant do at this moment is go back to what people called austerity, it wasnt actually austerity but people called it austerity, and I think that would be a mistake.