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A Very British Scandal: How Captain Tom's charity got caught up in controversy [REPLAY]

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🗓️ 24 November 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This week, over four years later, a report from the Charity commission concluded that Captain Sir Tom Moore's daughter and her husband had committed “serious” misconduct and had gained “significant” financial benefit from links to that charity. The report said that it had not seen evidence of a crime committed by the couple. The family say "that there has never been any misappropriation of funds or unauthorised payments from the charity’s bank account, by any member of our family.

Last year, Manveen spoke to Times social affairs editor James Beal about the whole affair. 

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Guest: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Samantha Chantarasak.

Clips: TalkTV, Times Radio, BBC News, ITV News, 5 News, You’ll Never Walk Alone/Captain Tom Moore, Michael Ball, and The NHS Voices of Care Choir/UMG. 

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Learn more at novenessus.com. Hi, this is Edward, one of the producers on the story. Back in the bleak days of the first lockdown, one man offered a glimpse of hope.

1:15.6

Captain Tom, a 99-year-old World War II veteran, walked around his garden 100 times to raise money for charity, and captured the nation.

1:24.6

A fund was set up in his name to collect the donations and distribute them to good

1:29.1

causes. This week, over four years later, a report from the charity commission concluded that

1:34.5

Captain Sir Tom Moore's daughter and her husband had committed serious misconduct and had gained

1:38.9

significant financial benefit from links to that charity. The report said they had not seen evidence of a crime committed by the couple.

1:46.0

In response, they say that there has never been any misappropriation of funds or unauthorised

1:51.2

payments from the charity's bank account by any member of our family.

1:58.6

Last year, when we have stories of our times, Manveien spoke to Times Social Affairs Editor James Bill about the whole affair.

2:04.8

We thought you might be interested to hear that episode,

2:07.1

the story of a very British scandal.

2:15.2

I know it's probably not a period you want to remember, but let me take you back to April 2020.

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