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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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David Conn

Tory peer lobbied for PPE firm months after lawyers said she had stopped, leaked emails suggest

Lawyers for the Conservative member of the Lords say she did nothing for PPE Medpro after May 2020. Composite: Guardian Design/UK Parliament /Roger Harris/ITV/REX/Shutterstock

Leaked emails suggest that the Conservative peer Michelle Mone lobbied a health minister on behalf of a company seeking Covid contracts – five months after the point at which her lawyers said she had stopped doing anything for the firm.

The documents add to questions surrounding Lady Mone’s account of her involvement in PPE Medpro, which was awarded government contracts worth more than £200m to supply personal protective equipment early in the pandemic.

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