Britons Urged to Keep Dining Out as Public-Funded Half-Price Meals Scheme Ends

A sign advertising up to 10 pounds off for food and non-alcohol drinks outside a pub, in London, Britain, on Aug. 3, 2020. Lily Zhou/The Epoch Times

As a popular taxpayer-funded scheme giving UK restaurant customers half-price meals comes to an end on Monday, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak urges Britons to keep dining out.

Launched on Aug. 3, “Eat Out to Help Out” is a government scheme to help struggling restaurants get back on their feet after the hospitality industry took a huge hit due to lockdown measures to curb the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.