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The protective gear company linked to Michelle Mone , which is being sued by the Government for £134million, has just £666,000 left in assets. ‌

The latest accounts for PPE Medpro Limited show it has spent £4.3million defending itself against the High Court claim. It increases the prospect that – even if the Government were to win its claim over allegedly unusable PPE – little or no money will be recouped for the taxpayer. ‌

The company, first exposed by our sister paper the Mirror , was set up by a close associate of Baroness Mone and her businessman husband, Doug Barrowman, in the early weeks of the pandemic. It rapidly won more than £200million in Covid contracts for gowns and face masks through the Government’s VIP procurement lane. ‌

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