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 firm sold.

The former lingerie tycoon made the claim the day before a court ruling in the government’s £140m Covid compensation claim against her husband’s company

PPE Medpro, a consortium led by Baroness Mone 's husband, businessman Doug Barrowman, is being sued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Reacting to the ruling, Health Minister Stephen Kinnock said "we are going to get our money back".

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 firm…

After a crushing defeat in the High Court there were also demands for Michelle Mone, who rose to fame as founder of Ultimo bras, to be booted out of the House of Lords.

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…

The shadow energy secretary said the peer’s behaviour was ‘disgraceful’, saying the ‘honourable thing to do’ would be to resign

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As the life peer’s firm is ordered to pay back over £100m for mis-selling PPE equipment to the government during Covid, Guy Walters takes a close look at the company records and…

There have been calls for Baroness Mone to be stripped of her peerage for her role in a Covid contract scandal.

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