EXCLUSIVE The VERY middle class parents of punk girl band who sing Filthy Rich Nepo Baby, rant against the rich and are embarrased to be English

A British punk band controversially handed taxpayer cash despite claiming it is embarrassing to be from England also enjoyed leg-ups from their very middle class parents while railing against nepo babies, MailOnline can reveal.

Lambrini Girls - comprising guitarist Phoebe Lunny and privately-educated bass player Lilly Macieira - were handed a share of £1.6 million from the Music Export Growth Scheme, funding them to go on tour around the world promoting their song Gods Country, a bitter attack on England.

In the lyrics to their song Filthy Rich Nepo Baby, the Brighton-based two-piece sing about a privileged young musician who hides the fact hes upper class and wouldnt know what socialism is if it punched him in the d***.

And in the song they even mock: Hugo wants to be a rockstar....he hides the fact hes upper class.

But Lilly is less bold about mentioning the two years she spent working for CORE Architects, where her mum Anabela Macieira is the CEO.

According to her LinkedIn, the 29-year-old worked as a part-time social media specialist for the Portugal-based architects while still studying for her degree in Creative Musicianship at the University of East London.

She later landed a freelance proofreader role at the architects which she says involved: Helping the company communicate with clients and authorities eloquently and diplomatically.

Lilly also gave a glowing public review of CORE Architects on Facebook, praising them as professional, helpful and passionate while making no mention of her professional or family connections.

Lambrini Girls Phoebe Lunny and Lilly Macieira, seen here performing at Glastonbury last year, were handed a share of £1.6 million from the Music Export Growth Scheme

Anabela Macieira, the mother of privately-educated bass player Lilly, is the chief executive officer of a Portugal-based architects firm that employed her daughter for two years

Louise Ward, 62, mother of Lambrini Girls guitarist Phoebe Lunny, shares a flat with her daughter in an upmarket street in Hove, East Sussex

Lillys bandmate Phoebe Lunny, 27, also appears to benefit from family connections, and still shares a flat in an upmarket street in Hove, East Sussex, with her mother Louise Ward, 62.

Phoebes father Oisin Lunny, 54, is described as an award-winning marketer, webinar and podcast host, MC, public speaker, virtual event consultant, UX business professor, and writer who has hosted, moderated and given keynote presentations at over 200 conferences in every corner of the world.

Both bandmates have stated in interviews they are neurodivergent and members of the LGBTQ community and consider Britain to be a colonial, s***hole, chunk of land.

In one song, Gods Country, they rhyme Maggie Thatcher with flag-s****er - a derogatory term for someone deemed enthusiastically patriotic - and sing: Racist uncles want their country back.

Their apparent hatred of Britain and the state - they previously said the likes of Rishi Sunak and Lord David Cameron were on their s*** list - did not stop the band from applying to the Government for cash to help them with their careers.

It also didnt stop Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy from calling them the best of British culture and creativity.

But Stuart Andrew, the Shadow Culture Secretary, said: It beggars belief that we are using taxpayers cash to fund a band aimed at denigrating the UK.

There are serious questions to be answered, especially as Lisa Nandy said they represented the "best of Britain".

 Phoebes father Oisin Lunny, 54, seen here with his new partner, Swedish singer and songwriter Marie Glad, is described as an award-winning marketer, webinar and podcast host, MC [and] public speaker

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Labour gives British punk band £1.6m - even though they say it is 'embarrassing to be from England'

Labour must come clean about whether they think its right that we should fund groups that seem to hate Britain.

A Government spokesman refused to confirm how much of the £1.6 million fund was handed to Lambrini Girls, citing commercial confidentiality.

He said: This Government believes in backing our incredible British artists and supports their right to freedom of expression.

Clearly theres work to do in persuading this particular artist to back us in return.

Last year, Tory party leader Kemi Badenoch objected to a £14,250 grant going to Irish language rap trio Kneecap, who are named after the paramilitary punishment of shooting someone in the knee, and have been accused of glorifying the IRA and mocking the Queens death.

She said she wanted the government to stop taxpayers money subsidising people who neither need nor deserve it.

A spokesman for Ms Badenoch said at the time: Labour will always capitulate rather than defend UK interests.

Lambrini Girls hit back at criticism, saying they received the money because were f***ing sick thats why.

Writing on Instagram, they said: Rather than complaining about a government program meant to support artists, direct your frustration towards the governments plans to cut welfare, which will push the most vulnerable into poverty.