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Independent readers call for Baroness Mone to be stripped of her title following PPE scandal

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Calls for Baroness Michelle Mone to be stripped of her peerage have intensified this week, following her admission in a recent interview that she lied to the media about her involvement in a company that supplied millions of pounds worth of PPE equipment to the government during the Covid pandemic.

Leader of the opposition Sir Keir Starmer added significantly to the pressure, declaring: “I don’t think she should be in the Lords. I think the government should be held to account for this.”

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