45 m. ago Company linked to Michelle Mone misses deadline to repay £122 million to government

The Department of Health and Social Care successfully sued PPE Medpro earlier this year

Economics

4 h. ago PPE firm linked to 'Baroness Bra' misses deadline to repay £145 million it owes taxpayers for defective surgical gowns

Underwear tycoon Baroness Mone has been embroiled in controversy over the defective surgical gowns supplied to the NHS by PPE Medpro at the height of the Covid pandemic.

Economics

5 h. ago PPE Medpro fails to meet deadline to repay Government almost £122m after ruling

Mrs Justice Cockerill previously ruled that PPE Medpro had breached a contract for millions of surgical gowns during the coronavirus pandemic.

Economics

15 h. ago Royal Mail fined millions for failing to meet delivery targets

Watchdog Ofcom said Royal Mail's 'persistent failures' to meet first and second class delivery targets is 'unacceptable'

Events

51 h. ago The Guardian view on the online scam industry: authorities must not forget that perpetrators are often victims too | Editorial

A lucrative sector is spreading fast as criminal enterprises force abused and trafficked workers to cheat othersA Chinese court last month sentenced 11 people to death over their roles in a illegal scam empire along the border with Myanmar. But it won’t end a noxious multibillion-dollar industry that devastates the lives of two sets of victims. The first are those cheated out of money, often by people posing as potential romantic or business partners in what are known as “pig‑butchering” schemes. The second are those who are forced to cheat them, working in conditions amounting to modern slavery.The recent study, Scam: Inside Southeast Asia’s Cybercrime Compounds, by Ivan Franceschini, Ling Li and Mark Bo, paints a terrifying picture of the sector. Workers are trafficked into heavily guarded, prison-like compounds, where they are routinely abused and tortured for failing to meet targets, or extorted for ransoms. Others take the jobs willingly, but find that they cannot repay ru...

Events

56 h. ago Dog put down after man kept starving pets in horrific conditions

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Mohammed Kashif Khan, from Cambuslang, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he was found guilty of failing to meet the basic welfare needs of two female Dogue de Bordeaux dogs.

Politics

56 h. ago Starving dog dies after man kept pets in horrific conditions at Cambuslang home

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Mohammed Kashif Khan, from Cambuslang, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he was found guilty of failing to meet the basic welfare needs of two female Dogue de Bordeaux dogs.

Events

3 d. ago Uefa plans to relax multiclub ownership declaration rules after Crystal Palace furore

New rules give clubs longer to sort out MCO issuesPalace lost Europa League place despite Cas appealUefa is planning to give clubs more time to resolve potential multiclub ownership (MCO) issues next season following the controversy that led to Crystal Palace being expelled last summer from the Europa League.In a proposed change to its regulations discussed with elite clubs at a meeting last week of the newly named European Football Clubs in Rome, Uefa is poised to relax the 1 March deadline, which Palace failed to meet last season in an oversight that led to the FA Cup winners losing their Europa League place to Nottingham Forest. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Democrats are captive to outdated etiquette. It’s endangering democracy | Ryan W Powers

The establishment left’s attachment to rigid rules leaves the party out of touch and failing to meet the momentIn early August, dozens of Democratic lawmakers fled Texas for Illinois, denying Republicans the quorum needed to pass new congressional maps projected to give the party as many as five additional seats. Their absence paralyzed the state legislature, turning a walkout into political resistance and drawing national attention.As the standoff dragged on, Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, offered an unorthodox countermove: a proposal to suspend his state’s independent redistricting commission and draw maps designed to hand Democrats a comparable advantage. He unveiled the plan with spectacle, mimicking Donald Trump’s signature style through all-caps declarations, a mocking nickname for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt (“KaroLYIN”) and AI-generated celebrity endorsements.Ryan W Powers is a legal analyst who writes a weekly newsletter on democracy, dissent and the ...

Politics

5 d. ago PPE firm linked to Michelle Mone willing to discuss 'possible settlement' of Covid gowns case

PPE Medpro has been ordered to pay back nearly £122 million to the Government after it was found to have breached a contract to supply surgical gowns during the pandemic.

Science

5 d. ago PPE Medpro partners willing to discuss ‘possible settlement’ of Covid gowns case

The company was ordered to pay back nearly £122 million due to a breach of contract.

Science

1 week ago Michelle Mone says she has 'no wish' to return to Lords as a Tory peer

A company linked to Michelle Mone, PPE Medpro, was ordered to repay millions for breaching a Covid-19 PPE contract as the Baroness says she will not return to the House of Lords

Politics

1 week ago Michelle Mone hits out at Tory hypocrisy as she says she won’t return as Conservative peer

High Court ruled PPE Medpro provided government with 25 million faulty surgical gowns during pandemic

Events

1 week ago Baroness Michelle Mone resigns as Conservative peer after PPE scandal

Michelle Mone, who has links to PPE Medpro wrote a letter to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch after accusing Chancellor Rachel Reeves of using 'dangerous and inflammatory' language about her

Politics

1 week ago Carol Vorderman gives her take on Michelle Mone over Covid contract scandal

PPE Medpro, a firm linked to the bra tycoon, was ordered by a judge to pay back £122million after it was found to have breached a contract to supply surgical gowns

Science

1 week ago PPE Medpro: Thousands sign petition to banish Michelle Mone from the House of Lords

PPE Medpro, which is linked to Baroness Mone, has been ordered to repay the UK Government £122 million.

Politics

1 week ago Downfall of Baroness Bra: How Michelle Mone's life of dazzling ostentation was built on dishonesty virtually unsurpassed in public life...

Baroness Mone has been embroiled in controversy for years over the PPE equipment her husband Doug Barrowman's firm PPE Medpro supplied to the Government at the height of the pandemic.

Politics

2 w. ago Who is Michelle Mone? Firm linked to Baroness at heart of Covid PPE contract dispute

High Court orders PPE Medpro to repay £122 million to government for breaching contract to supply surgical gowns during pandemic

Politics

2 w. ago UK’s PPE Medpro win unlikely to guarantee recovery of £122mn, lawyers warn

Medical equipment supplier linked to Michelle Mone breached government contract during pandemic, judge says

Events

2 w. ago PPE Medpro: Labour told to banish Michelle Mone from House of Lords after High Court ruling

The Labour government is being told to strip Baroness Mone of her peerage after being ordered to pay back millions to the government.

Events