Michelle Mone is the poster girl for Covid exploitation – finally, it’s payback time

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Michelle Mone has emerged as the poster girl for this avarice. This included £122m for 25 million surgical gowns, which were bought by the Department of Health after assurances were given by MedPro. Mone now claims that she is being “scapegoated” to “distract from catastrophic management of PPE procurement”. Defending their actions, those responsible for the PPE scandal blame the haste with which they were forced to act and the pressure under which they were operating. Since taking office, Labour has appointed a Covid corruption commissioner to try to recoup some of the money that was lost.