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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
David Conn, Paul Lewis and Rob Evans

Private emails reveal Gove’s role in Tory-linked firm’s PPE deals

Michael Gove, Theodore Agnew and Michelle Mone.
Michael Gove, Theodore Agnew and Michelle Mone. Composite: Guardian Design/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock/ITV/PA/AFP/Getty Images

Michael Gove was secretly involved in the process through which a PPE company linked to the Tory peer Michelle Mone secured huge government contracts, according to newly released documents that show private emails being used for government business.

The correspondence threatens to embroil Gove in the deepening controversy surrounding PPE Medpro, the company awarded government contracts worth £203m after it was referred to the “high-priority lane” for well connected companies.

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