defending his role at the inquiry which is looking at how political decisions were made. mr sunak has been accused by some of putting the economy before lives. the main criticism centres around his month long eat out to help 0ut scheme in august 2020. diners received 50% off meals out on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays, paid for by the government. it cost the treasury £840 million. at the time, rishi sunak said it would protectjobs in the hospitality industry and boost the economy. but one analysis suggests the benefit to the industry was comparatively small compared to other measures. the scheme started in august. you can see covid was on the rise from september but we don t know for certain why. people were mixing more, with schools and workplaces reopening too. here s our health reporter, jim reed. mine too. that and the yakisoba, depends on the mood i m in. back in the summer of 2020, the then chancellor brought his flagship policy to the table. eat out to help 0ut subs
around his month long eat out to help out scheme which ran in august 2020. diners received 50% off meals at restaurants on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays with the government subsidising the bill. here s our health reporter, jim reid. mine too. that and the yakisoba, depends on the mood i m in. back in the summer of 2020, the then chancellor brought his flagship policy to the table. eat out to help 0ut subsidised midweek meals in pubs and restaurants. it proved popular at the time. but critics say it fuelled a rise in infections. did you ignore the advice over cobit? did you ignore the advice over covid? earlier witnesses, scientists and ministers have said they were not consulted in advance about that eat 0ut consulted in advance about that eat out to help 0ut scheme. he was asked to respond. why would i raise it as a risk when i didn t believe it was because it was designed in a context of a safe reopening? the onus is surely on the people who now believed it was a r
those families of those hostages. the largest number of foreign nationals taken by hamas on october the 7th when they seized 250 people of nationality in breaking news line, the israeli military said they have retaliated today to cross border fire from southern lebanon, the united nations keep peacekeeping force in lebanon has told the reuters news agency who are reporting this and reuters witnesses said they had blasts along the south eastern lebanese frontier with israel and we know this is an extremely sensitive area and hundreds of thousands of israelis have been moved out of that area where there have been skirmishes since october the but reuters reporting the israeli military have retaliated on thursday to cross border fire from southern lebanon and of course that is a his brother stronghold. let s bring you the latest from dubai. c0 p28 co p28 taking place. cop28 taking place. such a significant event. we cop28 taking place. such a significant event. cop28 taking plac