Matt Hancock leaks lead to cover-up fears over ‘eat out to help out’ scheme

Rishi Sunak faces calls for inquiry into whether medical evidence was ignored before the launch of his 849m initiative

Rishi Sunak faces calls for an inquiry into whether Treasury officials buried or ignored evidence that his 849m eat out to help out" scheme fuelled the spread of the pandemic.

Officials dismissed a Warwick University study in October 2020 that said Sunak's initiative may have caused a significant rise in Covid-19 infections. The report estimated 8%-17% of detected new clusters could be linked to the scheme.