Treasury reaffirms defence of Eat out to Help Out as data shows no link to increased Covid cases Rishi Sunak
Research, first reported by The Sun, shows areas with the high take up of the scheme also had low virus levels between August and October. Places including Westminster, Scarborough and North Devon saw huge uptake in use of EOHO, which offered eat-in customers at participating hospitality venues a 50% discount up to £10 per person on all food and non-alcoholic drinks between Mondays and Wednesdays throughout August last year, but very low subsequent Covid cases. Meanwhile areas such as Knowsley, Rochdale and Merthyr Tydfil had far higher rates of infection, but lower lev...