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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Simon Goodley

Michelle Mone’s husband linked to tax firms whose clients submitted misleading claims, documents suggest

Michelle Mone and Douglas Barrowman
Michelle Mone and Douglas Barrowman are embroiled in a scandal over profits made from £200m in contracts to supply PPE to the NHS during the Covid pandemic. Composite: wenn.com/Alamy

The multimillionaire husband of the embattled Conservative peer Michelle Mone is linked to a series of tax avoidance companies that may have assisted their clients in submitting misleading claims to HM Revenue and Customs, documents suggest.

Files and emails relating to the activities of companies connected to Douglas Barrowman were obtained by the thinktank Tax Policy Associates, and have been seen by the Guardian and BBC Newsnight. Experts say the material raises questions about whether the companies in question – and those connected to them – should be investigated for any role they played in providing misleading information to HMRC about tax affairs.

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