PPE Medpro: UK government issues breach of contract proceedings
The UK government has commenced legal action to recover more than 100m from the company that was awarded two large PPE contracts after the Conservative peer Michelle Mone lobbied ministers.The claim, confirmed by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), is for the full 122m paid to the company, PPE Medpro, under a contract for it to supply 25m sterile surgical gowns that was awarded in June 2020.