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Michelle Mone’s husband says couple has been ‘treated as a punchbag’ in PPE controversy

Source: BBC Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

The husband of Conservative peer Michelle Mone says the couple has been “hung out to dry” to distract from government incompetence, as the scandal around the provision of PPE during Covid-19 continues.

In a two-page statement on social media, businessman Doug Barrowman claimed they were being “treated as a punchbag” and maintained that his company Medpro had followed a transparent process in being awarded £200 million in Covid-era contracts.

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