Restaurant staff say they have been reduced to tears as they struggle to cope with millions of diners using Rishi Sunak's Eat Out to Help Out scheme. The Chancellor's programme was used more than 10.5million times in its first week, Treasury figures have revealed today. One pub worker tweeted: 'Never known a Monday to be so busy, Eat Out To Help Out has truly killed me.' Another added: 'Sending prayers to everyone working in the food industry with this eat out to help out scheme. Pauline van Brakel, chief product officer at Yolt, said: 'It is great to see people taking advantage of the Eat Out To Help Out scheme and taking the right steps towards smart spending.

Source: Daily Mail August 11, 2020 06:53 UTC