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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aubrey Allegretti and Jessica Elgot

Tory peer Michelle Mone to take leave of absence from House of Lords

Michelle Mone
Mone is taking leave of absence ‘to clear her name of allegations unjustly levelled against her’, said her spokesperson. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The under-fire Conservative peer Michelle Mone is taking leave of absence from the House of Lords with immediate effect, her spokesperson has said.

They added she was doing so “in order to clear her name of the allegations that have been unjustly levelled against her”.

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