Britain’s fifth richest person, Sir Jim Ratcliffe (£12.15bn), has also been criticised after furloughing most of his staff
SCORES of Britain’s super-rich have sought to use taxpayers’ funds to keep their businesses afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, it was revealed today.
The Sunday Times reported that that 63 of the country’s wealthiest individuals on the newspaper’s annual Rich List — including at least 20 billionaires — applied to the furlough scheme to pay the wages of their workers.
Under the scheme, staff are paid 80 per cent of the salary by the government up to £2,500 each per month.
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