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Mone digs in to row by saying ministers knew about her links to PPE firm

Source: PA Archive

Baroness Michelle Mone has insisted ministers knew about her involvement with a PPE firm “from the very beginning”, as she faced calls to step back permanently from the House of Lords.

The peer dug in to the row by hitting out at Rishi Sunak after he said he was taking the issue “incredibly seriously”.

It came after Lady Mone admitted she lied when she denied having links to PPE Medpro, a consortium led by her husband which made deal to supply personal protective equipment during the pandemic after she recommended it to ministers.

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