care home providers, was hit hard. and like other companies, hc one wrote to councils asking for financial help. but two days after the letter was sent, the accounts report a £4.8 million dividend payment. and at the end of the day, they re begging for more money from cash strapped local authorities, people are cashing in on the value of their homes to fund that care. it s pretty shocking and disturbing. in the months that followed, hc one received £18.9 million of government pandemic support. it just doesn t sit well with me ethically or morally that amount of dividend while your dad eats a cheese butty for his tea. hc one says no shareholder dividend has been paid since 2017 . it says the £4.8 million reported dividend represents.
he is closely linked to vladimir putin. he is a billionaire, as you said. according to previous reporting at nbc news back in 2016, we did a deep dive into deripaska and his relationships with paul manafort. in the course of that reporing, deripaska has been repeatedly deied a visa to enter the united states because of his connection to organized crime. in a cayman islands court petition we reviewed, a company controlled by deripaska alleged it invested 18.9 million in 2008 in a firm manafort had an interest in. it was called black sea cable.
in the story. let s speak about it more of their business presenter. it is affecting so many people and it has kept seven people afloat for such a long time. that has kept seven people afloat for such a long time. has kept seven people afloat for such a long time. at its height, i think 8.9 billion such a long time. at its height, i think 8.9 billion people - such a long time. at its height, i think 8.9 billion people were - such a long time. at its height, i think 8.9 billion people were on| such a long time. at its height, i i think 8.9 billion people were on the furlough scheme and now it is 1.8, 1.9. 8.9 furlough scheme and now it is 1.8, 1.9. 8.9 million people. these people are still dependent on that scheme to subsidise their way. there is a lot of uncertainty and worry about what will happen is a go back to work. we will talking out tojill from citation, who can tell us a bit more about employment rights as people go back to work. a lot of people go back to work. a lot
additional support offered to keep people in employment and protect jobs also long. to give it its official name, it is the job support scheme. it has kept many millions of people in work during the depths of the downturn and the lockdown is have meant many people could not go to work and their businesses could not operate as normal. let me remind you of some of those numbers. they are pretty staggering. it is hard to get your head around the extent and scale of it. at its peak 8.9 million people were having theirjob artificially supported by taxpayer money, by the government. that is a third of the entire uk workforce. £68.5 billion was claimed in that support scheme to keep people in work. that is the single most expensive intervention the government has made during the course of this pandemic. as you have
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