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Callum Parke

Mone used as ‘big gun’ in PPE contract negotiations, High Court judge says

The consortium was led by Baroness Mone’s husband (Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Archive)

Tory peer Michelle Mone was used as a “big gun” in contract negotiations between PPE Medpro and the Government, a High Court judge has said.

Mrs Justice Cockerill ruled on Wednesday that the firm, a consortium led by Baroness Mone’s husband, businessman Doug Barrowman, must repay the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) more than £121 million for breaching a contract for 25 million surgical gowns during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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