The UK government has so far paid out £35.4bn in furlough money, according to the latest official figures Up to £3.5bn in taxpayer money may have been paid out by the government, due to wrong or fraudulent claims through its Job Retention scheme. Jim Harra, HMRC’s top civil servant, has said that his staff believe … Continue reading £3.5bn in furlough money could have been wrongly paid out due to fraud