Ministers face pressure to explain PPE Medpro contracts decision

Labour to ask how Michelle Mone-linked firm was assessed as fit to agree deal worth more than 200m

Ministers will come under intense pressure this week to explain how they assessed that a personal protective equipment (PPE) company linked to the Conservative peer Michelle Mone was fit to receive government contracts worth more than 200m during the pandemic.

Angela Rayner, Labour's deputy leader, has drawn up a list of parliamentary questions over the Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC) decision to award major public contracts to the firm and whether it took into account its tax record.