Downing Street takes the case of Michelle Mone ‘incredibly seriously’, Rishi Sunak has said, after the former Tory peer admitted she had lied when denying involvement with a company that won UK government deals to provide personal protective equipment during the Covid pandemic.
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Guardian investigations found Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman, were involved with PPE Medpro, which was awarded contracts worth £203m in May and June 2020 after she approached ministers, including Michael Gove, with an offer to supply equipment.
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