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Michelle Mone is facing legal action after her admission that she lied to the media over her links to a PPE firm that won controversial government contracts during Covid.

The businesswoman and peer told the BBC at the weekend that she repeatedly denied being connected to PPE Medpro because she wanted to protect her family from press attention and she declared: That's not a crime."

We were forced to spend several thousand pounds of costs in legal fees responding to her mendacious threats. We want our money back.

More than that, we want to establish a future deterrent against wealthy individuals willing to lie to stymie honest reporting. We look forward to seeing Mone in court in the new year.

The law must not allow itself to become a tool whereby those with money can bully and silence those with none. We aim to create further jeopardy for those who engage in these kinds of egregious breaches.

I think it's clear that people across Wellingborough, they want a fresh start. They know it's time for a change.

And after 13 years, now going on 14 years, of the Conservatives, when people are paying more in tax, they're paying more on their mortgage thanks to decisions by the Conservative government, they are paying more on their energy bills, they're paying more in the shops, families are struggling and they know that there can be a better way.