Gary Barlow is reportedly under fire for investing in a tax avoidance scheme and have been urged by people to give back his OBE.
The Take That star, who may also have to pay millions of pounds to HMRC, had poured 66 million pounds into two partnerships run by Icebreaker Management as a music industry investment along with bandmates Mark Owen and Howard Donald, and their manager Jonathan Wild, the Daily Express reported.
Twitter protester David Singleton said that Barlow's OBE status is now looking somewhat ludicrous and he should perhaps hand that back as well as the millions he kept from the Revenue.
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