Every diner to get £10 restaurant discount and VAT slashed for hospitality sector

Diners are to be given a £10-a-meal government discount for restaurant meals this August, while VAT on the hospitality sector will be slashed from 20% to 5% until next January, chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.

The dramatic moves, designed to protect millions of jobs in restaurants, cafes, pubs and hotels as the UK emerges from the coronavirus crisis, was announced as part of the chancellor's emergency mini-budget.

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