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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

‘They all knew’: Michelle Mone hits out at Rishi Sunak over PPE deals

Doug Barrowman and Michelle Mone
Michelle Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman, were involved with PPE Medpro, which was awarded contracts worth £203m in May and June 2020. Photograph: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images

Michelle Mone has condemned Rishi Sunak after he expressed concern at her admission she lied about involvement in a company that won lucrative deals during Covid, saying the government “knew about my involvement from the very beginning”.

After the former Conservative peer admitted in a BBC interview on Sunday that she had been untruthful in denying a connection to PPE Medpro, which made millions of pounds in profits over a contract to provide personal protective equipment, Sunak said No 10 was taking the case “incredibly seriously”.

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