Suspect understood to have been arrested on suspicion of offences including conspiracy to commit fraud An arrest has been made in connection with the criminal …
Lord Chadlington may have misled inquiry over introduction of firm awarded £50m in PPE contracts, Labour peer suggests The House of Lords conduct watchdog has …
Exclusive: New Tory chair referred Luxe Lifestyle in April 2020 despite it apparently having no history of supplying PPE A lifestyle company won a £25.8m …
Exclusive: DHSC alleges gowns were not sterile, could not be used within NHS ‘for any purpose’, and technical labelling was ‘invalid’ UK politics live – …
Exclusive: only £18m has been retrieved by Department of Health, out of suspect Covid contracts potentially worth £630m Ministers have been accused of making a …
• PPE Medpro and partners made as much as £100m profits• At least £70m from PPE Medpro contracts taken offshore• Small electronics firm behind supply …
Spending watchdog to give speech in parliament following supply scandals, including that involving Lady Mone The government had a responsibility to apply “basic standards” of …
Whitehall sources reportedly say ‘rude’ peer lobbied Michael Gove and Lord Agnew to secure business for PPE Medpro Michelle Mone has been accused of attempting …
Government is seeking to recoup money from Michelle Mone-linked firm after gowns rejected as unusable The company awarded large government personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts …
Minister’s insistence he referred all offers to civil service channels appears at odds with previously released email correspondence UK politics live – latest news updates …
MPs across house condemn what one called ‘sickening, shameful’ disclosures about Covid procurement UK politics live – latest news updates The growing controversy over a …
Documents suggest husband passed on money from PPE Medpro, which secured £200m contracts after Mone lobbied ministers The Conservative peer Michelle Mone and her children …
PPE Medpro was awarded £203m contracts by UK government after Michelle Mone approached Michael Gove A company linked to the Conservative peer Michelle Mone that …
Exclusive: Ministers had option to buy multi-use protective gowns, which would have saved hundreds of millions in taxpayers’ money over two years, estimates presented to …
Opposition parties say the findings show the Conservatives are ‘burning taxpayers money by the billion’ Protective clothing worth £4bn bought early in the pandemic to …
Angela Rayner says dealings with firm linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone need same scrutiny as Owen Paterson’s lobbying for Covid test contracts Labour has …
NCA launches investigation into PPE Medpro, which secured £200m in Covid contracts The National Crime Agency has launched a potential fraud investigation into a PPE …
Sir John Bell says behaviour of certain companies during pandemic was ‘unacceptable’ A leading UK government adviser has criticised the “disgraceful” profiteering of some companies …
Exclusive: Michelle Mone promoted PPE Medpro for Covid contract in May 2020 – and again in October Leaked emails suggest that the Conservative peer Michelle …
Exclusive: Tory peer Michelle Mone used private email addresses to contact Gove and another cabinet minister about PPE offer Michael Gove was secretly involved in …
Equipment worth £1.7bn sourced from politically connected companies was stockpiled after government over-ordered More than half the £1.7bn paid by the government to politically connected …
Billions were spent on unusable or overpriced protective equipment, annual accounts show Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Ministers spent almost £9bn on …
Exclusive: Lib Dems accuse government of ‘extreme negligence on an industrial scale’ over waste of 5bn items Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage …
Commissioners asked to investigate after files appear to suggest Tory peer was involved in company awarded £203m contracts Coronavirus – latest updates See all our …
Tory peer recommended PPE Medpro to Cabinet Office before it was formally registered, it has emerged The Conservative peer Michelle Mone referred a business to …
Exclusive: Leaked files suggest Mone and her husband were involved in business given £200m contracts Leaked files appear to suggest the Conservative peer Michelle Mone …
Mone repeatedly denied any association with firm it has since emerged she recommended to government Labour is calling for an investigation into the conduct and …
Malaysia’s Supermax, which has a £316m contract with health service, has been banned from selling in US Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus …
David Meller’s company was among 47 awarded PPE contracts after referrals from politicians and officials Five Tory MPs and peers who referred firms to controversial …