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The daughter of NHS hero Sir Captain Tom Moore has appeared on TV to address claims around the charity set up in her dad's name.
Hannah Ingram-Moore has been subject to reports that Captain Tom Foundation not only tried to appoint her as its CEO on a six-figure salary but also paid more than £50,000 to companies run by the Ingram-Moores.
It was also claimed that the foundation's accounts are being investigated by the Charity Commission - which Hannah denies.
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Talking exclusively to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on Thursday's This Morning, Hannah was first asked to address where the money her late father raised had gone.
Sir Captain Tom garnered widespread attention after vowing to walk 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday during the first lockdown in 2020.
Hannah said: "When we challenged my father to walk up and down for a pound a lap, that three and a half weeks raised £38.9million pounds and that entire £38.9 million went to NHS Charities Together and they distributed it."
Accounts for The Captain Tom Foundation showed only £162,000 was awarded in its first year, while around £240,000 of £400,000 in outgoings were spent on fundraising and administration.
Addressing the accounts, Hannah said: "We published our first annual accounts and they are independently audited and in that first year of the charity, my business loaned the foundation some money because we didn’t want to eat into the first donation we had - which was a £100,000 from a corporate donor - and that's all we had.
"We didn’t want to take that money for costs, so we loaned it and we were lending money from my
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ITV This Morning's Holly and Phillip startled as their news segment is suddenly interrupted
Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were left in stitches as This Morning was interrupted by a barking dog on Wednesday 2 March.This Morning hosts Holly, 41, and 59 year old Phillip were seen chatting with journalist Tom Swarbrick and Camilla Tominey as they discussed the latest developments in Ukraine. Hosts Holly and Phil spoke with Tom, who appeared on the ITV daytime show via video link from his home.The group discussed the serious topic of the Ukraine and Russia war after resident Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an emotional plea to the European parliament after Ukraine’s membership application.