Hancock hit out at Sunak amid fears his Eat Out to Help Out scheme spread Covid

Rishi Sunak's Eat Out to Help Out ‘spread Covid but was covered up’

The Prime Minister is under pressure over his ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme during the pandemic with claims of a ‘cover up’ and that it spread Covid. Rishi Sunak’s...

Hancock feared Eat Out to Help Out scheme would spread coronavirus

Matt Hancock called one scheme the 'Eat Out to Help the Virus Get About'

Hancock hit out at Sunak amid fears his Eat Out to Help Out scheme spread Covid

The details emerged in the latest tranche of leaked messages from the former health secretary

Leaked messages reveal Matt Hancock hit out at Sunak over ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ Covid scheme

The messages reveal Hancock had serious concerns about the scheme designed to support restaurants, dubbing it the ‘eat out to help the virus get about’.

Hancock hit out at Sunak amid concerns over Eat Out to Help Out scheme

The details emerged in the latest tranche of leaked messages from the former health secretary, published by the Daily Telegraph.

Hancock Buried Rising Covid Cases Linked To 'Eat Out To Help Out', Messages Reveal

Then-health secretary, who mocked Rishi Sunak's scheme as “eat out to help the virus get about”, said: "I’ve kept it out of the news but it’s serious."