A study has claimed that almost six million furloughed workers broke the rules by doing their jobs from home during lockdown.
According to the new report, almost two-thirds of the 9.4 million people whose wages were being paid by the Government ignored the ban and worked from home in April and May.
The study by academics at Oxford, Cambridge and Zurich universities claims there has been widespread abuse of the furlough system as businesses are strictly banned from claiming for workers if they are still doing their jobs in any capacity, the Mail on Sunday reports.
The £30 billion "Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme" headed up Chancellor Rishi Sunak meant furloughed staff were paid 80% of their salary to a maximum monthly wage of £2,500.
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