Victoria MacdonaldHealth and Social Care Editor Professor Sir Chris Whitty has told the Covid Inquiry he was never told about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, despite Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak saying the country’s top scientists were consulted. ...
The UK government's $658 million 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme, which offered diners 50 percent off meals on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in August, drove up new COVID-19 infections by between 8 and 17 percent, according to new research. Rolled out by the UK's ...
consumer spendingCoronavirusExternalitieshealthSubsidiesThis paper documents that a large-scale government subsidy aimed at encouraging people to eat out in restaurants in the wake of the first 2020 COVID19 wave in tSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
And - he's standing by his flagship Eat Out to Help Out scheme, saying his "primary concern was protecting millions of jobs". The scheme - which cost the Treasury £840m, and saw meals subsidised in restaurants for nearly a month in August 2020 - was aimed at supporting the hospitality...
All three advisers were asked about the government's Eat Out To Help Out scheme in 2020 - whereby restaurants offered discounts on food during the week - after Sir Patrick claimed in his diaries he was not consulted on it. It was orchestrated by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak when he was chanc...
Areas with higher participation in the Eat-Out-To-Help-Out scheme saw both a notable increase in new COVID19 infection clusters within a week of the scheme starting, and a deceleration in infections within two weeks of the program ending. Areas that had notable rainfall during the prime lunch...
Statistics on " Coronavirus: impact on eating and drinking out in the UK " Overview Closures and openings Consumer behavior Eat Out to Help Out schemeThe most important statistics Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the UK since April 2020 Daily impact of COVID-19 on restaurant ...
In addition to boosting food security and self-sufficiency, the Ministry of Agriculture’s home gardening scheme may also improve health if home grown foods replace ultra-processed foods in the population’s diet. Lack of association between food security and dietary intakes The absence of an ...
Image:Baroness Hallett chairs the COVID inquiry Last week it was also revealed that scientific advisers had referred toRishi Sunak- who was then the chancellor -as "Dr Death" following the Eat Out to Help Out scheme. In addition, the former Conservative chancellor, George...
Much of the focus has been on the competence of Boris Johnson, the then-prime minister whogave evidencelast week. But Sunak’s role as chancellor at the time and in particular the impact of his flagshipEat Out to Help Out discount schemeon transmission rates as the UK emerged from its fir...