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PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation

PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic

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Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after being ordered to repay £148m

In a ruling, Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Sebastian Prentis placed the company into liquidation

The Independent UK

PPE Medpro wound up after being ordered to pay £148m to Government

The decision could mean that the Government is unlikely to see most of the £148 million owed to it by the company.

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Thousands of patients see NHS hospital referrals lost in ‘black hole’

One retired NHS worker said he felt ‘stuck in limbo’ to see a specialist for his back and hip pains

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Thousands of patients in England at risk as GP referrals vanish into NHS ‘black hole’

Exclusive: Watchdog finds 14% of cases not put on hospital waiting lists, with many reporting worsening health and rising anxiety

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MPs raise concerns about hospital waiting lists and plans to reform NHS

There is a serious risk that the Government will not meet its target for 92% of the NHS waiting list to be treated within 18 weeks by 2029, MPs warn.

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Plans to reform NHS have ‘chilling echoes’ of HS2 failures, MPs warn

Public accounts committee warns that ‘poor practices’ seen in the project to build the high-speed rail link are being replicated in the health service

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Reeves rejects plea for £1bn of extra cash to cover NHS redundancy payouts

Health secretary Wes Streeting lobbied behind the scenes for emergency funds to pay off 18,000 staff losing their jobs

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Revealed: the billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site

Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment

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Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes

Statement by administrators puts PPE Medpro’s total debts at £188m, including £39m said to be owed to HMRC

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Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis

National Audit Office reports nearly two-thirds of independent hospices in deficit in 2023-24 as demand increases

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NHS leaders warn of longer waiting times if demand for extra £3bn not met

Key Labour pledge under threat as health service faces costs from redundancies, strikes and rising drug prices

The Guardian - UK

PPE firm linked to Michelle Mone misses deadline to repay £122m

Firm was ordered by high court to return sum paid by DHSC for unusable surgical gowns by 4pm on Wednesday

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Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

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Tories urge Michelle Mone to hand back peerage after PPE contract breach

Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho described Baroness Michelle Mone’s actions as ‘disgraceful’.

The Independent UK

Who is Michelle Mone? Firm linked to Baroness at heart of Covid PPE contract dispute

High Court orders PPE Medpro to repay £122 million to government for breaching contract to supply surgical gowns during pandemic

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Mone should not be in Lords after Covid PPE contract breach, says Reeves

The Government has won a £122 million case against a company linked to the Tory peer.

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Mone used as ‘big gun’ in PPE contract negotiations, High Court judge says

A High Court judge ordered PPE Medpro, a company linked to Baroness Mone, to repay the Government more than £121 million.

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Company linked to Mone must repay almost £122m over Covid PPE contract breach

The Department of Health and Social Care sued PPE Medpro at the High Court for supplying 25 million gowns that were not suitable for NHS use.

The Independent UK

Company linked to Michelle Mone ordered to repay government £122m over Covid PPE

High Court rules PPE Medpro provided government with 25 million faulty surgial gowns during pandemic

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Company linked to Michelle Mone breached Covid PPE contract, High Court rules

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sued PPE Medpro over claims it breached a £121 million PPE contract.

The Guardian - UK

VIP lanes and 25m faulty gowns: what PPE Medpro trial reveals about Tory response to Covid

Case against Michelle Mone-linked company showed pressure to award contracts to those with political connections

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UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE

Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’

Evening Standard

Baroness Michelle Mone-linked company loses £122m High Court battle with government over faulty PPE

Michelle Mone’s husband Douglas Barrowman branded the PPE Medpro defeat in the High Court a “whitewash”

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High Court judge to rule on whether PPE Medpro breached Government contract

The company was accused of providing non-sterile gowns during the pandemic.

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