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There are various arguments against making the poor subsist on bags of potatoes: basic empathy, scurvy, the time it might take to peel and slice a kilogram of potatoes in between two or more jobs, the reality of fuel poverty meaning the energy and pan of oil it might take to fry said potatoes being beyond a soul-crushing weekly budget, etc. But crucially, the potato argument has never, ever been made by someone who’s had their card declined in a supermarket for a purchase of less than £2. Good that the government is firing money at the right end of the table, anyway: £10 off if you’ve got enough money to go to a restaurant, and if you don’t, well, I don’t know. Surely the food banks have potatoes? … [Read more...] about Thanks for the free Pret, Rishi, but let’s not make a meal out of it

“As well as setting out the biggest ever peacetime job support programme, the chancellor should get Britain spending in places where it’s needed most. A universal high street voucher scheme to be spent only in these sectors would kickstart demand in the right parts of our economy, boost living standards and deliver targeted support to the businesses that need help the most.” … [Read more...] about Sunak considers £500 vouchers for all UK adults to spend in Covid-hit firms

Also last Friday, Matthew Fell, the Confederation of British Industry's chief UK policy director, said: 'This news will come as a real disappointment for some businesses, but firms know that public safety comes first. Businesses will continue to do what is necessary to avoid an infection spike. … [Read more...] about Pizza Express to close SIXTY-SEVEN restaurants across Britain with up to 1,100 jobs at risk – hours after launch of Rishi’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme – as Dixons announces 800 redundancies

It can only be described as perverse to have mothers, such as Thomas, facing the indignity of receiving inedible charitable food provision – itself a poor substitute for a failing social security system – while at the same time having a chancellor calling on us all to head to restaurants. The government is expected to spend £500m on the “eat out to help out” scheme. Yet, it had to be shamed into a U-turn by the footballer turned anti-poverty campaigner Marcus Rashford to fund a replacement to free school meals over the summer holidays, at a much more modest cost of £120m. … [Read more...] about ‘Eat out to help out’: a forlorn dream for those struggling to feed a family

"To encourage people to safely return to eating out at restaurants, the Government’s new eat out to help out discount scheme will provide a 50% reduction for sit-down meals from Monday to Wednesday every week throughout August 2020," Chancellor Rishi Sunak added. … [Read more...] about Eat Out to Help Out postcode checker will tell you what restaurants are taking part