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Revealed: the billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site

Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment

The Guardian - UK

Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes

Statement by administrators puts PPE Medpro’s total debts at £188m, including £39m said to be owed to HMRC

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis

National Audit Office reports nearly two-thirds of independent hospices in deficit in 2023-24 as demand increases

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NHS leaders warn of longer waiting times if demand for extra £3bn not met

Key Labour pledge under threat as health service faces costs from redundancies, strikes and rising drug prices

The Guardian - UK

PPE firm linked to Michelle Mone misses deadline to repay £122m

Firm was ordered by high court to return sum paid by DHSC for unusable surgical gowns by 4pm on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

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Tories urge Michelle Mone to hand back peerage after PPE contract breach

Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho described Baroness Michelle Mone’s actions as ‘disgraceful’.

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Who is Michelle Mone? Firm linked to Baroness at heart of Covid PPE contract dispute

High Court orders PPE Medpro to repay £122 million to government for breaching contract to supply surgical gowns during pandemic

The Independent UK

Mone should not be in Lords after Covid PPE contract breach, says Reeves

The Government has won a £122 million case against a company linked to the Tory peer.

Evening Standard

Mone used as ‘big gun’ in PPE contract negotiations, High Court judge says

A High Court judge ordered PPE Medpro, a company linked to Baroness Mone, to repay the Government more than £121 million.

Evening Standard

Company linked to Mone must repay almost £122m over Covid PPE contract breach

The Department of Health and Social Care sued PPE Medpro at the High Court for supplying 25 million gowns that were not suitable for NHS use.

Evening Standard

Company linked to Michelle Mone ordered to repay government £122m over Covid PPE

High Court rules PPE Medpro provided government with 25 million faulty surgial gowns during pandemic

The Independent UK

Company linked to Michelle Mone breached Covid PPE contract, High Court rules

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sued PPE Medpro over claims it breached a £121 million PPE contract.

Evening Standard

VIP lanes and 25m faulty gowns: what PPE Medpro trial reveals about Tory response to Covid

Case against Michelle Mone-linked company showed pressure to award contracts to those with political connections

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UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE

Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’

Evening Standard

Baroness Michelle Mone-linked company loses £122m High Court battle with government over faulty PPE

Michelle Mone’s husband Douglas Barrowman branded the PPE Medpro defeat in the High Court a “whitewash”

Evening Standard

High Court judge to rule on whether PPE Medpro breached Government contract

The company was accused of providing non-sterile gowns during the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Michelle Mone accuses government of ‘scapegoating’ over PPE scandal

PPE Medpro, a company linked to Baroness Mone, is being sued by the Department of Health and Social Care over an alleged contract breach

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Michelle Mone accuses UK Government of 'scapegoating' over PPE firm

Tory peer Michelle Mone accused the UK Government of making her and her husband a 'poster couple for the PPE scandal' ...

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Michelle Mone accuses Government of ‘scapegoating’ ahead of PPE court ruling

PPE Medpro, a company linked to Baroness Mone, is being sued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) over an alleged contract breach.

The Guardian - UK

GPs in England threaten action over online appointment booking plan

Doctors’ union says GPs will be overwhelmed by ‘triage tsunami’ and gives ministers 48 hours to take measures

Evening Standard

GPs consider taking action over online access plans

The British Medical Association has given Health Secretary Wes Streeting 48 hours to act and avoid a dispute with GPs in England.

The Independent UK

GPs threaten action over online appointment booking changes

The British Medical Association gave Health Secretary Wes Streeting 48 hours to act and avoid a dispute

Evening Standard

BMA gives Streeting 48 hours to avoid GP dispute over online access plans

The union claims the changes would lead to ‘hospital-style waiting lists in general practice’ and slash the number of face-to-face appointments.

The Guardian - UK

‘Don’t trust Trump’: how UK health experts are fighting back against a war on medicine

Ministers and medical groups have acted quickly to limit fallout after US president made unproven link between paracetamol and autism

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