Baroness Michelle Mone Faces Peerage Loss After £122m COVID PPE Breach Ruling

Baroness Michelle Mone is under intense scrutiny following a High Court ruling that her husband’s company, PPE Medpro, must repay £122 million to the government for supplying non-sterile gowns in breach of a Covid-19 PPE contract. Mone, who recommended the company to ministers through a VIP lane and acted as a key figure in securing the contract, has faced calls from prominent Conservative figures, including shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho and Chancellor Rachel Reeves, to resign from the House of Lords. The Conservative Party has suspended her whip, and although removing a peerage requires an act of Parliament or a House of Lords vote, there is significant speculation she might be stripped of her title or resign by the end of 2025. Mone denies wrongdoing, claiming she and her family are victims of an establishment vendetta, while PPE Medpro has entered administration amid the financial fallout. Parliamentary investigations are currently paused pending other inquiries, including those by the National Crime Agency. This scandal has sparked public outrage over pandemic procurement practices and raised questions about political accountability in awarding lucrative government contracts.