Michelle Mone admits involvement with ‘VIP lane’ PPE company

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Exclusive: Tory peer and husband, Douglas Barrowman, had repeatedly denied roles in firm given £200m government Covid contracts

has acknowledged for the first time that she was involved with a company that was awarded government PPE contracts worth £200m during the Covid pandemic.

In November 2020, Mone’s lawyer asserted that “Baroness Mone is not connected in any way with PPE Medpro”. Barrowman’s lawyers repeatedly denied that he was an investor in the company or a consortium supporting it, and said he “never had any role or function in PPE Medpro”. The representative, who is also a spokesperson for PPE Medpro, made the admissions in a response to questions from the Guardian.

Barrowman provided half the money required upfront through his “family office”, a part of the Knox firm that the Guardian understands is Last November the Guardian reported that leaked HSBC bank documents indicated Barrowman was paid at least £65m from PPE Medpro’s profits, then

 

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