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The Latest Breaking News from PPE

PPE bought via ‘VIP lane’ was on average 80% more expensive, documents reveal

Good Law Project finds items were priced up to four times higher by companies referred through scheme by UK ministers

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone admits ‘error’ in denying links to PPE firm

The Tory peer has launched a public fightback to allegations surrounding the multi-million pound contract

Evening Standard

Stephen Flynn mocks Westminster with perfect post after standards probe ends

STEPHEN Flynn has openly mocked the Westminster system after a four-month probe into alleged misuse of parliamentary stationery saw the complaint…

The National (Scotland)

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NCA questions Matt Hancock and Michael Gove in PPE Medpro inquiry

Witness interviews conducted as part of corruption investigation into company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove 'questioned by agents probing Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm'

MICHAEL Gove and Matt Hancock are among the Tory politicians quizzed by the National Crime Agency (NCA) amid an ongoing probe into a firm linked to…

The National (Scotland)

What was the PPE VIP fast lane? Michelle Mone and the PPE Medpro scandal explained

Both Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone had consistently denied responsibilities in a company that received £200 million in Covid contracts

Evening Standard

Morning Mail: Optus faces outage fallout, sharehouses surge in housing crisis, Ivanka Trump testifies

The network outage is the latest setback for the telco after last year’s huge data breach, while cost of living crisis is causing a change in living arrangements

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Morning Mail: $100m PPE debacle exposed, boats turned back, Maxwell’s World Cup miracle

Our investigation reveals how taxpayers invested millions and got 46m unusable masks in exchange; allrounder blasts astonishing 201 not out to beat Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Australia rejected millions of face masks provided by PPE Medpro suppliers

Exclusive: Suppliers for firm linked to UK peer Michelle Mone helped source Covid masks for Australian government that were found unusable

The Guardian - UK

Australian government paid millions for unusable Covid face masks from obscure online retailer

Exclusive: almost 46m masks turned out to be unusable after $100m in contracts were awarded to company with little apparent pre-pandemic experience in PPE supply

The Guardian - AU

Michelle Mone admits involvement with 'VIP lane' PPE firm for the first time

TORY peer Michelle Mone has admitted her involvement with a “VIP lane” PPE company for the first time.

The National (Scotland)

Michelle Mone admits involvement with ‘VIP lane’ PPE company

Exclusive: Tory peer and husband, Douglas Barrowman, had repeatedly denied roles in firm given £200m government Covid contracts

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Partygate still matters: how the Tories made morality an issue

After 13 years of power and five prime ministers, the Conservatives increasingly appear to be held together by string. The consensus is that the party faces either significant decline or catastrophe at the next general election. Amid the talk of sleaze, incompetence and chaos, what is often missed about post-Covid…

Evening Standard

Tory peer cleared for second time of breaking lobbying rules over PPE contracts

Watchdog says there is insufficient evidence Lord Chadlington breached rules over £50m in contracts

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The Independent UK

Carol Vorderman reveals Tory MPs call her ‘Botoxed, pumped up... awful things’

The former Countdown star said she ignores the jibes as a ‘distraction’, but really she ‘should complain’

The Independent UK

Family left ‘devastated’ after boy and grandparents killed in Co Tipperary crash

The fatal collision in Cashel came only days after four young people died in a crash in Clonmel in the same county.

The National (Scotland)

Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm facing calls for ownership investigation

A LEADING tax lawyer has called for an investigation into the ownership of the PPE firm that received more than £200 million of taxpayers’ money…

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog opens fresh inquiry into Tory peer over possible PPE lobbying breach

Lords standards commissioners to investigate Lord Chadlington over alleged rule-breaking in relation to £50m PPE contracts

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The Guardian - UK

Call for watchdog to reinvestigate Tory peer over possible PPE lobbying breach

Lord Chadlington may have misled inquiry over introduction of firm awarded £50m in PPE contracts, Labour peer suggests

The Guardian - UK

Government likely to lose millions in dispute over PPE contract awarded via ‘VIP lane’

SG Recruitment UK allegedly failed to deliver on £20m-plus Covid contract awarded after Lord Chadlington introduction

The National (Scotland)

Former Tory councillor's PPE firm 'owes £5.5 million in tax'

A FORMER Tory councillor’s PPE firm is facing a winding-up order over £5.5 million in unpaid tax.

The Guardian - UK

Report on PPE deal with firm linked to Tory peer criticises ‘panic-buying’

Report on company linked to Michelle Mone identifies ‘serious defects’ in government’s PPE procurement

The Guardian - UK

Keegan offers little of value in statement on ‘substandard’ degrees

Education secretary makes largely symbolic speech about something that will probably never happen

Tribune News Service

Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik accused of strong-arming man over defective PPE lawsuit

NEW YORK — Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik tried to strong-arm a Staten Island man who is suing a personal protection equipment company, intimidating the plaintiff and his associates to discourage him from going public about his complaints, according to court documents.

The Independent UK

MPs raise alarm over government spending on unusable PPEs and warn of lack of plan for future pandemics

The Public Accounts Committee criticised the UK Health Security Agency for weak governance and financial controls

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