Michelle Mone should not return to House of Lords, says Tory minister

Martin Callahan says he hopes colleague sees sense' after Mone admitted lying to media over links to PPE firm

• Who is Michelle Mone and what PPE deals was she involved in?

A Conservative minister has said he hopes his former colleague Michelle Mone sees sense" and does not return to the Lords after Mone admitted she lied in denying involvement with a company that held UK government PPE deals during the Covid pandemic.

The comments by Lord Callanan, the energy efficiency minister, heap further pressure on Mone, who had repeatedly denied a connection to PPE Medpro, which made millions of pounds in profits during the pandemic.