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Wed, 24 Jun 2026

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 Baroness Mone among individuals sued to recover PPE Medpro millions

The Baroness and her husband Doug Barrowman are among individuals being sued in a bid to recover some of the money owed to the government by the business.

* Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman are among individuals being sued to recover some of the millions owed to the government by their company PPE Medpro.
* The government was awarded £122m plus interest after a court ruled that PPE Medpro had breached a contract to supply sterile surgical gowns during the pandemic.
* PPE Medpro won its first government contract through a "VIP lane" recommended by Baroness Mone, but was later found to have supplied substandard medical equipment.
* The joint liquidators from Interpath Advisory have launched a case against six individuals and five companies linked with PPE Medpro, including four former directors of the company.
* The Health Secretary at the time, Wes Streeting, accused PPE Medpro of putting NHS staff and patients in danger with substandard kit while lining their own pockets with taxpayers' money.
* Barrowman confirmed that he was the ultimate beneficial owner of PPE Medpro, and Mone admitted to being a beneficiary of a trust which received some of the profits from the company.
* HMRC also put in a claim for £39m against PPE Medpro for tax owed, and the National Crime Agency is conducting a separate, criminal investigation into the company.