2 h. ago Keir Starmer says Government will ‘go after every penny’ of cash owed by PPE Medpro

The consortium led by Baroness Michelle Mone’s husband has been ordered to repay the Government for providing “faulty” gowns during the pandemic

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10 h. ago UK Government ‘absolutely not’ giving up on PPE Medpro cash, says Starmer

PPE Medpro has been ordered to pay back £145.6 million.

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5 d. ago PPE Medpro: Baroness Michelle Mone linked firm fails to repay £122 million to UK government by deadline

Wes Streeting says the UK Government will ‘pursue PPE Medpro with everything we’ve got’

Economics

5 d. 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

5 d. 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 d. 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.

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7 d. ago ‘Did two Brits spy for China?’ is one question. ‘Can any UK PM really stand up to China?’ is an even bigger one | Gaby Hinsliff

It’s Keir Starmer’s turn to muddle through a problem that none of his predecessors solved: can his cash-poor nation afford to offend a superpower? It has all the makings of a gripping spy novel.Two young men accused of passing secrets to China, who vigorously protest their innocence, are swept up in a swirling political intrigue with a shadowy semi-mythical figure (in the shape of veteran Downing Street national security adviser Jonathan Powell) at its heart. Yet the story dominating domestic headlines as MPs returned from recess this week is not fiction, or at least not entirely.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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1 week 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

1 week 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.

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1 week ago Former attorney general says Starmer could have prevented officials holding back China spy documents

The former home secretary, who was in charge of MI5 at the time, said she wanted the case prosecuted and was ‘deeply frustrated’ when it collapsed

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1 week ago Yvette Cooper claims she wanted China spies prosecuted but could not intervene

Yvette Cooper, who was in charge of MI5 at the time, said she wanted the case prosecuted and was ‘deeply frustrated’ when it collapsed

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1 week ago Spy case prosecutors weren’t given MI5 papers on China threat, claims ex

The case against two men accused of spying for Beijing collapsed last month

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1 week ago Keir Starmer's cabinet warned not to use emergency cash to fund public sector pay rises

No10 described the clampdown on the use of the government's reserve funds ahead of next month's Budget as "tough but prudent"

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2 w. 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

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2 w. 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

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2 w. 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

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2 w. 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

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2 w. 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.

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2 w. 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.

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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

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