Eat out to help out
Inflation is back, but Sunak is intent on taking money out of pockets
Analysis: Britain faces universal credit cut, public sector pay freeze and national insurance rise
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
15, Sep, 2021 @3:31 PM
UK inflation in record August jump as food and drink prices rise
Leap to 3.2% from July’s 2% is largest increase in annual rate from one month to next since records began
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
15, Sep, 2021 @7:39 AM
Sunak’s letter to PM puts desire to crack down on Covid subsidies on record
Latest move by chancellor to wrest back some control of public finances will raise eyebrows in Westminster
Jessica Elgot
01, Aug, 2021 @4:23 PM
Pubs and restaurants haven’t reached the post-Covid champagne moment yet | Kate Nicholls
The sector is beginning to bubble but will still need government goodwill to prosper, says insider
Kate Nicholls
27, May, 2021 @5:00 AM
Bob Pape was a beloved father and foster carer. Did 'eat out to help out' cost him his life?
Last August, Pape and his family went on a city break to Birmingham, making the most of chancellor Rishi Sunak’s discount scheme. The day after he arrived home, his symptoms began
Sirin Kale
30, Mar, 2021 @5:00 AM
Rishi Sunak indicates furlough scheme could remain beyond April
Ahead of Wednesday’s budget, UK chancellor says he would ‘do whatever it took’ to support workers
Rajeev Syal
28, Feb, 2021 @10:34 AM
Is Rishi Sunak the most dangerous man in government? | Sam Bowman
A serial backer of attempts to ‘get back to normal’ during a deadly pandemic, the chancellor’s strategy threatens lives, says Sam Bowman of the International Center for Law & Economics
Sam Bowman
05, Feb, 2021 @12:01 PM
Here are five ways the government could have avoided 100,000 Covid deaths | Devi Sridhar
The UK needs to come up with a concrete plan to avert a disastrous third wave, says health expert Devi Sridhar
Devi Sridhar
27, Jan, 2021 @11:00 AM
Covid leaves Boris Johnson with an expensive 'levelling down' problem
The prime minister’s promise to level up the UK north will be four times more difficult, warns thinktank
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
25, Jan, 2021 @5:59 AM
Scrap benefit cap to lift 150,000 children out of poverty, says charity
Suspension of cap on universal credit would cost less than summer’s ‘eat out to help out’ scheme
Patrick Butler Social policy editor
22, Dec, 2020 @12:01 AM
'Eat out to help out': venues claimed more than £849m through scheme
More than 49,000 businesses took advantage of initiative to draw diners back after Covid lockdown
Joanna Partridge
25, Nov, 2020 @5:50 PM
Spending splurge before Covid lockdown 2 reveals the true trade-offs
Pandemic highlights big gap between what Covid restrictions we support and whether we actually abide by them
Larry Elliott
15, Nov, 2020 @11:47 AM
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