Mone admits involvement with 'VIP lane' PPE firm

The Conservative peer Michelle Mone has acknowledged for the first time that she was involved with a company that was awarded government PPE contracts worth £200m ($250m) during the Covid pandemic.

- David Conn

Lady Mone's husband, Douglas Barrowman, has also acknowledged for the first time that he was involved in the company, PPE Medpro. A representative of Barrowman told the Guardian that the businessman was an investor in PPE Medpro, and chaired and led the operation to supply personal protective equipment.

Mone and Barrowman have consistently denied to the Guardian, via lawyers, that they were involved in the company. Now a representative for the couple, who is also a spokesperson for PPE Medpro, has made a statement departing from those denials.