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Carol Vorderman addresses Baroness Michelle Mone bitter feud

The ex-Countdown star once had a close friendship with the lingerie tycoon, attending glitzy events with her

Bristol Post

Over £26million of taxpayers' cash 'wasted' on consultancy and legal costs for PPE

However Health Minister Will Quince revealed the true costs, which were for contracts from April 2020 to December 2021, in a parliamentary question asked by Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner

Daily Mirror

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Liverpool Echo

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Matt Hancock tells lawyers he wants immunity on care home deaths during Covid pandemic

He said he should not be the target of judicial reviews over his department’s failure to safeguard care home residents simply because he was Secretary of State – and that it should be the whole Government instead

Daily Mirror

Michelle Mone spotted at £7m Portugal villa bought after police raid

TORY peer Michelle Mone has been sunning herself at a six-bedroom villa with her husband in the Algarve bought three months after their homes were…

The National (Scotland)

Michelle Mone spotted enjoying holiday in villa bought soon after PPE scandal

Baroness Mone, who is abroad with her husband, is at the centre of controversy after the company set up by business associate Anthony Page is being sued for more than £130million.

Glasgow Live

Edinburgh prisoner tries to get legal aid to appeal his conviction against murder

Beggs, who has so far cost the taxpayer more than £1 million in legal challenges, wanted taxpayers' money to force police to reveal information about their investigation into him.

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Michelle Mone flies off to plush £7m Algarve villa bought after PPE police raid

Baroness Mone and hubby Doug Barrowman snapped up the £7million Algarve property through an offshore firm last July.

Edinburgh Live

Michelle Mone and husband jet off to villa bought three months after £200m PPE probe raid

The firm set up by their business associate Anthony Page is being sued for more than £130million by the Department for Health over gowns it claims could not be used in the NHS.

Daily Record

Growing abortion clinic harassment highlights urgent need for buffer zone law

New threats from a fringe political party highlight exactly why Scots women need the buffer zone Bill to become law, writes Record View.

Daily Record

"She didn't want him, but no-one else could have him": Thomas Campbell cops on how they hunted his killer ex down

Coleen Campbell, Reece Steven and Stephen Cleworth were all jailed earlier this week for their roles in the horrific killing

Manchester Evening News

Tory chairman Greg Hands referred firm that won £25.8m coronavirus PPE contract

Tory chairman Greg Hands referred Luxe Lifestyle as a PPE supplier. The company won a £25.8m contract but almost £20m of its equipment was never used.

Wales Online

Firm referred by Greg Hands won £25.8m coronavirus PPE contract

Luxe Lifestyle was awarded the contract as the Government scrambled to obtain PPE during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Independent UK

Lifestyle company 'won PPE contract after Tory activist approached Greg Hands'

A LIFESTYLE company received a £25.8 million PPE contract after the new Conservative chair Greg Hands referred the firm to officials in 2020, new…

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The Guardian - UK

Firm won £25.8m PPE contract after Greg Hands approached by Tory activist

Exclusive: New Tory chair referred Luxe Lifestyle in April 2020 despite it apparently having no history of supplying PPE

Daily Mirror

Parents of organ donor hero call on Tories to finally do the right thing on NHS strikes

Paul and Emma Johnson are speaking out for nurses like those who looked after their transplant patient son Max, who ushered in Max’s Law for an opt-out system of organ donation in 2019

Daily Mirror

Companies handed £3.7 billion of PPE contracts have links to tax havens

Government estimates show they have provided half a billion pounds worth of PPE that has been left unused.

The Canberra Times

Stronger Together: artists give their perspective on the frontline health response to the pandemic in Canberra

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Daily Record

Luxury £10m yacht linked to Michelle Mone ‘renamed’ by activists amid PPE controversy

The 51-year-old underwear tycoon is at the centre of controversy over her alleged links to PPE Medpro - a firm awarded a PPE contract.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s job was to unclog Westminster’s fatberg of sleaze. His handling of Zahawi was entirely right

Zahawi’s failings and Sunak’s response would not have merited such a ballyhoo anywhere else, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Daily Record

Michelle Mone 'should be jailed' over PPE scandal, ex pal Carol Vorderman tells This Morning

The pair used to enjoy many luxury nights out together but that friendship started to fade away amid Michelle's alleged involvement in awarding of government PPE contracts.

Evening Standard

Row erupts between Carol Vorderman and Michelle Mone after This Morning rant

The former Countdown star took aim at Ms Mone on live TV

Newsroom.co.nz

Two wealthy women and a few hundred million, give or take

Previous generations of New Zealanders didn’t rely on government, the church or aristocrats to build their society – they dug deep and solved their own problems. So what makes one person decide they have enough, that they don’t need to buy a yacht?

The Guardian - UK

UK pest-control firm made £9m from ‘VIP lane’ PPE deal during pandemic

PestFix had assets of £18,000 and 16 staff but won contracts worth £344m after being put on government’s high-priority supplier list

The Independent UK

Tory donor’s firm behind PPE delivery now to be paid millions to burn it

‘Taxpayers’ cash is going up in flames’, says Labour

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