Baroness hits back at Chancellor’s criticism

ARONESS Michelle Mone has accused Chancellor Rachel Reeves of using “dangerous and inflammatory” language about her, after a company linked to her was ordered to repay millions of pounds for breaching a Covid-19 PPE contract.

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The Chancellor is reported to have joked that the Government had a vendetta against the Tory-appointed peer, during a fringe event at Labour's party conference this week.

Ms Reeves is among the high-profile politicians to have called for Lady Mone to relinquish her peerage, having said she “clearly shouldn't be in the House of Lords’

On Wednesday, PPE Medpro, a company linked to Lady Mone, was ordered to pay back nearly £122 million to the Government, after it was found to have breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid-19 pandemic.