Rachel Reeves has said Michelle Mone should be kicked out of the House of Lords after a firm linked to the Tory peer was told to pay back £122million for breaching a contract to supply medical kit during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Baroness Mone – who rose to fame as the creator of the Ultimo bra company – has been embroiled in controversy for years over the PPE equipment her husband Doug Barrowman's company, PPE Medpro supplied to the Government during the outbreak.
The company won a lucrative contract to supply 25 million surgical gowns, allegedly after improper lobbying of the Government by the Baroness, without declaring an interest.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sued, claiming the gowns were not sterile. The firm now has about two weeks to pay back the cash after a judge ruled it had breached its contract with the government.
Meanwhile, a criminal investigation and a House of Lords inquiry into the alleged scandal are both ongoing.
