Whitty never told about Eat Out to Help Out but ‘should have been’ – inquiry

PA Wire

The country’s top scientists were never told about the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, despite Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak claiming they were consulted, the pandemic inquiry has been told.

In potentially damaging testimony, England’s chief medical officer Sir Chris Whitty said he and Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government’s former chief scientific adviser, were never told about the plan, adding: “I think we should have been.”