Former Conservative officials have been referred to HM Revenue and Customs over an alleged furlough fraud.
A whistleblower claimed to the Mirror about £50,000 was paid to three staff at Gloucestershire Conservatives who had been placed on the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme from March to October 2020.
Workers at the office, which also houses the Tories’ South West headquarters, were asked to carry out work despite being full-time furloughed, according to an insider.
