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Article thumbnail: A server carries food past a sign promoting the British Government's "Eat out to Help out" COVID-19 scheme to get consumers spending again, outside a restaurant in Manchester, northwest England on August 3, 2020. - Britain's "Eat out to Help out" scheme began Monday, introduced last month by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to help boost the economy claw its way from a historic decline sparked by the coronavirus crisis. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
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Did Eat Out to Help Out drive up Covid rates - and what did it cost?

Rishi Sunak was Chancellor when the Eat Out to Help Out scheme was announced, but has denied it drove up coronavirus rates

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Sunak's Eat Out to Help Out drove second Covid wave, Vallance tells inquiry

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Covid Inquiry live stream to watch Sir Patrick Vallance give evidence

Article thumbnail: Britain former Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance will appear before the inquiry on Monday. (Photo: Tolga Akmen / AFP)
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Vallance notes describe ‘meek as mice’ Cabinet as Johnson ‘bamboozled’ by graphs

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Scientists to lift lid on Sunak, Johnson and 'No 10 chaos' at Covid inquiry

Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak attend a news conference to give a daily update on the government's response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, inside 10 Downing Street in London on March 20, 2020. - Britain's government Friday rolled out a series of extra measures including direct grants to cover wages of employees who have been temporarily furloughed, as it ordered cafes, pubs and restaurants to close entirely. (Photo by JULIAN SIMMONDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JULIAN SIMMONDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak attend a news conference to give a daily update on the government's response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, inside 10 Downing Street in London on March 20, 2020. - Britain's government Friday rolled out a series of extra measures including direct grants to cover wages of employees who have been temporarily furloughed, as it ordered cafes, pubs and restaurants to close entirely. (Photo by JULIAN SIMMONDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JULIAN SIMMONDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 14: Britain's Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty (L), Britain's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance (C) and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) walk towards the door of number 9, Downing Street ahead of a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room on September 14, 2021 in London, England. The prime minister's briefing was preceded by his health secretary's appearance before the House of Commons, in which he laid out the country's strategies for managing the pandemic through the autumn and winter. (Photo by Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 14: Britain's Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty (L), Britain's Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance (C) and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) walk towards the door of number 9, Downing Street ahead of a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room on September 14, 2021 in London, England. The prime minister's briefing was preceded by his health secretary's appearance before the House of Commons, in which he laid out the country's strategies for managing the pandemic through the autumn and winter. (Photo by Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Humza Yousaf and his deputy Shona Robison on the way to First Minister's Questions on Thursday (Photo: Getty)
Article thumbnail: Humza Yousaf and his deputy Shona Robison on the way to First Minister's Questions on Thursday (Photo: Getty)
Article thumbnail: Screen grab from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry Live Stream of former Cabinet secretary Lord Mark Sedwill giving evidence. Issue date: Wednesday November 8, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story INQUIRY Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Article thumbnail: Screen grab from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry Live Stream of former Cabinet secretary Lord Mark Sedwill giving evidence. Issue date: Wednesday November 8, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story INQUIRY Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.