A High Court judge has ordered the company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone, must repay the government almost £122 million for breaching a contract to supply 25 million surgical gowns during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sued PPE Medpro, saying the company had provided 25 million “faulty” gowns that were not sterile and therefore could not be used.
The company, a consortium led by Lady Mone’s husband, businessman Doug Barrowman, was awarded government contracts by the former Conservative administration to supply PPE during the pandemic, after she recommended it to ministers.
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