Mone-linked firm must repay £122m over PPE

A COMPANY linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone has been ordered to repay almost £122 million to the Government for breaching a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sued PPE Medpro at the High Court over allegations that it breached a deal for the 25 million gowns because the items were “faulty” by not being sterile.

Baroness Mone criticised the High Court judgment, calling it a win for the “establishment”, while her husband, Doug Barrowman, said it was a “travesty of justice”.

The peer, who is on a leave of absence from the Lords, has claimed she is the target of a “vendetta” by the Government.