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Rishi Sunak tells Covid inquiry dining discount scheme was ‘micro policy’

UK prime minister faces questions about his decisions as chancellor during pandemic
Rishi Sunak told the Covid inquiry on Monday the policy of subsidising diners had been ‘the right thing to do’ to ‘safeguard’ millions of jobs held by ‘particularly vulnerable people’ in the sector

Rishi Sunak called his flagship £849mn Eat Out to Help Out discount scheme a “micro policy” on Monday in testimony to the Covid-19 inquiry, as he denied it drove a second wave of infections in 2020.

The UK prime minister, who was chancellor during the pandemic, said the policy of subsidising diners had been “the right thing to do” to “safeguard” millions of jobs held by “particularly vulnerable people” in the sector.

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