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"An HMRC register of claims shows the pair received support shortly after Giovanna won the ITV reality show, although it's not clear if the Fletchers were claiming the money for themselves or for an employee."

Except that you can't claim furlough for yourself, it is claimed through a business expense for employees, so it IS fairly clear that this was for an employee.

You could argue that they should have continued to pay that employee out of their own pocket instead, but then, you could make the same argument about any successful business that has been using the furlough system for employees over the last year... but that's nonsense, that they'd pay for staff that they can't use. Realistically the options are furlough or let the staff member go. That's the whole point of the scheme.

Non-story and the papers know fine well it's almost certainly a business expense for someone(s) usually in their employ.