Sunak: Aim of Eat Out to Help Out was protect 'millions of jobs'

Inquiry counsel Hugo Keith KC has been questioning Rishi Sunak about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme - announced on 8 July 2020, and introduced the following month.

The main aim of the scheme, the PM told the inquiry, was to protect "millions of jobs" in the hospitality sector.

Eat Out to Help Out was safe and designed to save jobs - Sunak