Leak reveals Michelle Mone told government she would not benefit financially from PPE firm

Exclusive: Tory peer said she had no conflicts whatsoever', five months before trust received 29m of profits

The Conservative peer Michelle Mone assured the government that she was not entitled to any financial benefit whatsoever" from a PPE company, five months before 29m of its profits were transferred into a trust for her benefit.

Leaked emails between Mone and the Cabinet Office reveal that a civil servant asked her to make a declaration that she had no conflict of interest in relation to the company, PPE Medpro, which she had recommended to ministers in May 2020.