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Calls for probe into ‘PPE millionaires’ who made staff work on furlough

openDemocracy revealed how a marketing firm that won £40m in PPE contracts threatened to fire staff who spoke out about furlough claims

By Martin Williams
Calls for probe into ‘PPE millionaires’ who made staff work on furlough
Labour's Angela Rayner has called on the government to launch an official investigation | Allstar Picture Library Ltd/Alamy Live News
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MPs and campaigners have called for an official investigation into a company that made its staff work while on furlough and threatened to fire anyone who spoke out.

openDemocracy revealed how KAU Media Group wrongly claimed furlough support while being handed a series of multi-million-pound government contracts to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE).

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