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Burberry, Rolls-Royce among companies leaning on pandemic emergency funding

Some MPs have complained about dividend-paying firms drawing funds from the Bank

A total of 56 companies, including British Airways, Burberry and Rolls-Royce, borrowed £16.2bn through the Bank of England's coronavirus funding scheme in the three months to June 3, according to data released by the UK central bank.

The Bank of England on June 4 published for the first time a list of the companies that have borrowed money through its Covid Corporate Financing Facility, which was set up on March 17.

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