Steve Woods<p>"The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sued in December 2022 for return of the £122m it paid to the company, PPE Medpro, for 25m sterile surgical gowns, which were rejected after delivery to the UK.</p><p>That contract, and another worth £80.85m to supply face masks, were processed via the then Conservative government’s “VIP lane”, which gave high priority to companies recommended by people with political connections. Mone, who rose to prominence running her lingerie company, Ultimo, was appointed to the House of Lords by David Cameron in 2015."</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ToryCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryCorruption</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/11/dhsc-122m-claim-michelle-mone-linked-company-high-court" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">un/11/dhsc-122m-claim-michelle-mone-linked-company-high-court</span></a></p>