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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tara Cobham

Who is Michelle Mone? Firm linked to Baroness at heart of Covid PPE contract dispute

A company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone has been ordered to repay almost £122 million to the government for breaching a contract to supply surgical gowns during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sued PPE Medpro at the High Court over allegations that it breached a deal for the 25 million gowns because the items were “faulty” by not being sterile.

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