US EditionWho Is Michelle Mone? Her Working Career, From Ultimo Brand to Modelling Career and Net Worth
- Michelle Mone, a Tory life peer and former Ultimo bra businesswoman, faced scrutiny in 2023 over PPE contracts linked to her husband Doug Barrowman in the UK.
- The controversy followed revelations that Mone and her family received £29 million via contracts awarded through a government 'VIP lane' during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Further issues include investigations by the National Crime Agency into a £203 million deal, parliamentary questions, and a BBC documentary exposing claims of mismanagement and false success stories.
- Mone admitted to lying about her involvement and acting as a conduit between ministers and PPE suppliers, while the government sues PPE Medpro for £122 million over non-compliant gowns.
- Mone stepped down from the House of Lords and took leave amid severe criticism, legal scrutiny, and a decline in public reputation linked to the pandemic contracts scandal.
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The Scottish SunBBC host can't forget moment Baroness Bra Michelle Mone confessed to lying
BBC host Laura Kuenssberg has revealed the interview that “sticks” with her the most is when Michelle Mone confessed to being a liar. Scots bra tycoon Mone spent two years fiercely denying through an army of lawyers any involvement with the firm PPE Medro, which had earned over £200million worth of Government contracts to supply face masks and surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic. Lady Mone of Mayfair taking her place in the House of Lords a…
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