Rishi Sunak: Getting customers back to hospitality was 'matter of social justice'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Hugo Keith KC, lead counsel to the inquiry, asked Mr Sunak whether he was "surprised" by the "relative absence of debate" on March 23 2020 as to whether a mandatory stay-at-home order should be postponed pending the impact of measures already taken - including the closure of schools, hospitality, leisure and non-essential retail.
50% : "So those jobs, I think, as a matter of social justice, were particularly important to try and safeguard." READ MORE: Evidence led at the inquiry has shown that key scientific advisers had sometimes referred to the then-Chancellor as "Dr Death" over controversial policies such as the Eat Out to Help Out discount scheme used to promote half-price restaurant meals UK-wide during August 2020. England's chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty is said to have privately dubbed it 'eat out to help the virus'.

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