Michelle Mone says she won't return as Conservative peer

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"Baroness Michelle Mone has hit out at Kemi Badenoch and said she has no wish to return to the Lords as a Conservative peer after a company linked to her was ordered to repay millions of pounds for breaching a Covid-19 PPE contract. On Wednesday, PPE Medpro was ordered to pay back the government nearly 122m. In response, several high-profile politicians have called for Lady Mone to relinquish her seat in the Lords,"

"In a letter to Mrs Badenoch on Friday, Lady Mone hit out, saying there seemed to be amnesia" over her loss of the Conservative whip, and that she had removed it myself by taking a leave of absence. She continued: However, you will be pleased to hear that once I do clear my name, I have no wish to return to the Lords as a Conservative peer; that's assuming there still is a Conservative Party before the next general election."

The Independent requests donations to fund on-the-ground journalism across issues including reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech while keeping content free of paywalls. Donations support investigative reporting, documentaries, and sending journalists to gather facts from multiple perspectives. Baroness Michelle Mone says she will not return to the Lords as a Conservative peer after PPE Medpro, a company linked to her, was ordered to repay nearly £122m for breaching a Covid-19 PPE contract. Several politicians have called for her to relinquish her seat. Mone says she removed the Conservative whip by taking leave and names Matt Hancock and Lord Agnew.

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