The FINANCIAL — Up to £3.5bn in Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme payments may have been claimed fraudulently or paid out in error, the government has said. HMRC has calculated that between five and 10% of payments have been wrongly calculated, possibly as a result of employers abusing the scheme. The job retention scheme covers up to 80% of an employee’s salary while they are on furlough. HM Revenue and Customs told MPs on the Public Accounts Committee it estimates that 5-10% of furlough cash has been wrongly awarded. Latest data shows the programme has cost the government £35.4bn so far. The…
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