Mone-Linked Firm Ordered to Repay £122m

The High Court ruled that PPE Medpro — a firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone and run by her husband Doug Barrowman — breached a government contract and must repay about £122 million after supplying some 25 million surgical gowns that were not contractually proven sterile. Judge Mrs Justice Cockerill found the gowns lacked a validated sterilisation process, leaving them unusable for the NHS and allowing the Department of Health and Social Care to seek full recovery. PPE Medpro has entered administration and was reported to have around £660,000 in assets. The judgment has intensified calls from senior politicians and campaign groups for Mone to resign or be expelled from the House of Lords. Mone denies corruption and disputes allegations about her role in recommending the firm to ministers, but the court found contractual breaches. Former friend and critic Carol Vorderman celebrated the ruling on Instagram with a "Yes, at last" post and said she had campaigned to expose the VIP PPE lane.