Shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho described the actions of Lady Mone, who currently has the Tory whip suspended, as “disgraceful” and called on her to relinquish her peerage. Her party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, told BBC local radio on Thursday Lady Mone had brought “embarrassment and shame to the party”, and should have the “book thrown at her”. Lady Mone criticised the High Court judgment, calling it a win for the “establishment”, while her husband Doug Barrowman said it was a “travesty of justice”. The Conservatives piled pressure on Lady Mone, after Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday she “clearly shouldn’t be in the House of Lords”. Mrs Justice Cockerill found PPE Medpro had breached the contract.