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Michelle Mone's Grand National horse could be barred from running

Monbeg Genius - reportedly bought by Mone for £80,000 in November 2020 as a wedding present for husband Doug Barrowman - was priced around 20-1 for the famous Aintree race

Evening Standard

Michelle Mone’s former lawyer says he wants apology for ‘damage to reputation’

Jonathan Coad also asking for charity donation, saying Mone has suggested he advised her to lie to media

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone and husband have £75million worth of assets frozen amid PPE fraud probe

Belgravia townhouse, estate on the Isle of Man, and 15 bank accounts among the assets restricted by order

Evening Standard

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UK government wasted nearly £10bn on unused Covid PPE, figures show

Accounts reveal £9.9bn of the £13.6bn spent on PPE during pandemic has been written off

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone: leading entrepreneur or lucky baroness?

The woman at the heart of the PPE scandal is widely hailed as a successful businessperson. But the fate of her high-profile lingerie company raises questions

The Guardian - UK

Scottish university responds to call to strip Michelle Mone of honorary degree

A SCOTTISH University has responded to calls to revoke an honorary doctorate given to Michelle Mone amid her role in a PPE scandal ...

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James Cleverly dodges Michelle Mone question in BBC interview

HOME Secretary James Cleverly dodged a question on the PPE controversy surrounding Michelle Mone and her husband during an interview with the BBC.

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Michelle Mone’s husband says family ‘treated as punchbag’ in PPE row

Doug Barrowman, who led the consortium PPE Medpro, also claimed the Department of Health had shown ‘lamentable failures’ when procuring supplies.

Evening Standard

Michelle Mone’s husband says couple being ‘hung out to dry’ by ministers

Doug Barrowman says NCA investigation into Covid ‘VIP lane’ firm is being used to distract from government incompetence

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone’s husband says couple has been ‘treated as a punchbag’ in PPE controversy

Doug Barrowman claimed that his company had followed a ‘transparent process’ and denied any wrongdoing

The Independent UK

Michelle Mone: Crime agency ‘looking into £3m sent to peer’s bank account’

Investigators are said to be examining a sum of money that was moved into the entrepreneur’s Coutts account

The Independent UK

Michelle Mone claims she has been treated like Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar over PPE scandal

Baroness Mone said it has been ‘an extremely tough year of pain with frozen accounts’ and asked ‘what happened to innocent until proven guilty?’

The Independent UK

Michelle Mone: inside the extraordinary rise and catastrophic fall of the 'lying baroness'

The Tory peer known as 'Baroness Bra' is under growing pressure to resign from the House of Lords as her involvement in the PPE scandal unfolds. So could this week be her final undoing? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak considered pre-paid debit card giveaway during Covid

Sunak thought about sending out millions of cash-laden cards in post – but was warned of ‘significant risk’ of theft

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Morning Mail: cyclone reef damage fears, Palestinian casualties near 20,000, the year in video

Scientists concerned waves generated by Queensland storm could have ripped coral apart; officials monitored ‘anti-US sentiment’ at pro-WikiLeaks rallies

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone scandal reveals the morals of the super-rich

Letters: Readers respond to the peer’s admission that she lied to the media about her links to PPE Medpro

The Guardian - UK

Lawyer apologises for saying Michelle Mone was not linked to PPE firm

Jonathan Coad, who represented former Tory peer, says sorry for unwittingly misleading the media

The Guardian - UK

A PPE farrago, a car crash interview and a fight with the PM: Lady Mone has her foot on the gas, hasn’t she?

For everyone enraged by the Covid equipment scandal who can’t quite find the words, try these – Michelle Mone and her husband, Doug, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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The Guardian - UK

Revealed: journalist behind Michelle Mone film also worked as private investigator on her behalf

Mark Williams-Thomas worked on behalf of Mone, her husband and PPE Medpro to help try to identify a suspected leaker

The Independent UK

Michael Gove reveals he has cooperated with criminal probe into Michelle Mone scandal

Gove says he wants to see ‘justice served’ – as Baroness Mone lashes out again at Tory ministers

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone lashes out at former health minister over his ‘lost texts’

Disgraced Tory peer hits back at Lord Bethell after he accuses her of not being honest about PPE Medpro links

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries wades into Michelle Mone row: ‘Why was she made a peer in the first place?’

Ms Dorries, who quit as an MP in protest at her own failure to secure a peerage, said the biggest question about Baroness Mone was ‘why she was made a peer at all’

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone and ministers trade claims over her hidden links to PPE deals

Disgraced Tory peer says government always knew of involvement in Covid contracts as calls mount for her to stay away from Lords

The Guardian - UK

Rome afterglow wears off as Rish! tries to avoid being Mone down

PM seemed outraged to be asked questions about a peer and PPE after visit to Italy and Giorgia Meloni

Evening Standard

Can Baroness Mone’s peerage survive the Covid PPE scandal?

Peer admits lies over pandemic millions - husband stays quiet

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