Meanwhile Boris Johnson has used his 1st major policy speech of the election campaign to insist that delivering bricks it would help the u.k. Close the opportunity gap between rich and poor the prime minister has promised to boost regional industry and drive a clean energy revolution after the u.k. Leaves the European Union and the Lib Dems are promising a $500000000.00 pounds per year increase in funding for youth services in England to help tackle what their leader has called an epidemic of knife crime Joe Swinson says the aim is to stop young people falling into violence by coordinating help from teachers health professionals and social services earlier today angry residents accuse Boris Johnson of doing nothing to help flooded communities as he visited one of the worst hit areas in South Yorkshire don t cost a council says nearly 2000 people have been evacuated from their homes in and around the village of fish lake some people have been told they could be out of their properties