A petition calling for Michelle Mone to be expelled from the House of Lords has attracted thousands of signatures. The document has been drawn up in protest at Baroness Mone reportedly being paid £29 million by a PPE company that won a major government contract following her recommendation of the business to ministers.
Millionaire Mone, who was made a life peer by Conservative prime minster David Cameron seven years ago, is believed to have endorsed PPE Medpro's credentials for a place in the "VIP lane" that the Government used to award contracts during the Covid-19 pandemic. An investigation by The Guardian subsequently uncovered documentation that showed millions of PPE Medpro's profits had been transferred into a secret offshore trust for the benefit of Mone and her children.
Mone, who originally hails from the east end of Glasgow, denied the allegations six times before the HSBC evidence was leaked. The petition, now demanding her removal from the House of Lords, reads: "Corruption has no place in politics.
