"Mone told Starmer: I feel compelled to alert you to the dangerous and inflammatory statement made by your chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves. This is one of the most troubling interventions ever made by a senior minister of the crown. The statement was not directed at PPE Medpro as a corporate entity in civil litigation, but at me personally. It confirms that the machinery of the state is being deployed with the specific object of pursuing a vendetta against me, a private citizen and fellow parliamentarian."
"Mone is facing calls to be removed from the Lords after PPE Medpro, a company to which she is linked, was ordered to return nearly 122m paid to it by the Department of Health and Social Care for 25m sterile surgical gowns under a contract awarded in June 2020. It was found to have breached the contract after the DHSC argued the company had not complied with the relevant PPE laws to ensure the gowns were actually sterile."
Michelle Mone has accused the chancellor of using dangerous, inflammatory language and alleged that references to a "vendetta" have increased risks to her personal safety. Mone has had the Conservative whip suspended and faces cross-party calls to be stripped of her peerage or removed from the House of Lords. PPE Medpro, a company linked to Mone, was ordered to return nearly 122m paid by the Department of Health and Social Care for 25m sterile surgical gowns after being found to have breached the contract and not complied with relevant PPE laws. Mone demanded a formal withdrawal and public clarification that no government vendetta exists.
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