Behind a paywall but I'm assuming that will help people's blood pressure.
I wouldn't let them just repay it, I'd demand bloody interest for their cheek - although they'll no doubt claim their manager or accountant or somebody else did it and they didn't know, but acted as soon as it was brought to their attention.
Strange, no paywall for me.
Tom and
Giovanna Fletcher have apologised for using the government furlough scheme despite their estimated joint worth being £8m.
Giovanna, who won
I’m a Celebrity last year, and
McFly star Tom issued the apology after reports emerged that they had received up to £30,000 from the scheme.
The couple denied that figure was correct, but called their use of the money a “huge error of judgement”.
and their instagram announcement
“Hi everyone, we’ve always had a very honest and open relationship with you all on here so we thought it was important to address questions that some of you have rightly asked us in the last 24 hours.
“This weekend there was an article in one of the Sunday papers about us using the government furlough scheme. While parts of the article were inaccurate (including all of the figures mentioned), it is true that we did follow financial advice to furlough someone we employ.”
“Although it was a time of great uncertainty, we clearly should have thought more about the situation and funded it ourselves. It was a huge error of judgement and a mistake we wholeheartedly take responsibility for and we have paid the full amount back.”
Greedy little shits.