Michelle Mone

2022 - 12 - 7

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Conservative peer Michelle Mone to take leave of absence from Lords (BBC News)

Baroness Mone has been linked to PPE Medpro, which won government Covid contracts.

The department is currently in mediation with PPE Medpro over what it has described as an "underperforming contract" and said it was unable to comment on specifics. However, asked in December 2020 about reports she was linked to the company, her lawyers told BBC News she "had no role or function in PPE Medpro, nor in the process by which contracts were awarded to PPE Medpro". She told MPs it appeared "tens of millions of pounds" from the money awarded to the company "ended up in offshore accounts connected to the individuals involved". Last month, Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner accused the government of a "total failure of due diligence" and a "conflict of interest" in awarding the contracts to PPE Medpro. PPE Medpro said at the time that it had delivered 100% of the contract to the terms specified and that it had supplied equipment "fully in accordance with the agreed contract, which included clear terms as to technical specification and performance criteria of the products". Tory peer Michelle Mone is taking a leave of absence from the Lords "to clear her name of the allegations that have been unjustly levelled against her", her spokesman has said.

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Michelle Mone steps back from House of Lords after PPE contract ... (Financial Times)

Tory peer takes leave of absence 'to clear her name' after allegations she benefited from Covid VIP procurement lanes.

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Ex-Tory donor scathing about party's response to Michelle Mone ... (The Guardian)

Exclusive: Gareth Quarry, who now donates to Labour, says Conservatives have trashed their reputation.

A remain backer, he said he did not expect the UK would be able to rejoin the EU. One of the biggest individual donations came from Fran Perrin, the daughter of David Sainsbury, the longtime Labour donor who stopped giving under Corbyn. Quarry added that he thought the splits in his former party – over everything from Brexit to planning – would keep it out of power for at least a decade. Conservative sources pointed out that the period included the leadership election to succeed Boris Johnson, during which time both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak both received personal donations of over £400,000. [hosting a business conference](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/big-names-on-guest-list-for-labour-business-event-2dsgnk6cg) on Thursday at Canary Wharf, which will be attended by more than 400 business leaders and lobbyists. Labour last night won a vote that will force the government to publish some documents underpinning that contract.

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Michelle Mone: How did UK politician make money? (Economic Times)

Mone's net worth is thought to be around £20 million. Mone and her three children got £29 million from a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) company that the ...

Mone then went on to purchase all of the stock in the fictitious tanning business Following Mone's departure from the organisation in 2013 due to the dissolution of her marriage, The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). [Ultimo](/topic/ultimo)at Selfridges. Mone's net worth is thought to be around £20 million. Mone and her three children got £29 million from a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) company that the government had given significant contracts to at the height of the pandemic.

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Baroness Michelle Mone loses Tory whip amid Covid contracts ... (Evening Standard)

Rishi Sunak said he was 'shocked to read about the allegations'

[House of Lords](/topic/house-of-lords) on Tuesday over her alleged links to a firm awarded PPE contracts worth more than £200million . He told Sky News: “She’s taken a leave of absence from the House of Lords so she’s not able to go to the House of Lords, and it’s right that these issues are investigated and that’s what the department is doing, and that’s what the House of Lords authorities are doing.” "It is absolutely right that she is no longer attending the House of Lords and therefore no longer has the Conservative whip."

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