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LeftishBrit

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Mon Dec 18, 2023, 08:40 PM Dec 2023

Michelle Mone: 'I'm sorry for not saying straight out: Yes, I am involved' [View all]

Michelle Mone has apologised after admitting she and her husband Doug Barrowman lied to the media about their links to a company that sold personal protective equipment (PPE) to the UK government during the pandemic.

The interview, to be broadcast this morning on the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show on BBC One, is the couple's first TV interview since it first emerged they were involved in providing PPE during the pandemic at a cost of more than £200m. They repeatedly denied any involvement.

Last week, they admitted they were linked to the deal during a film funded by the company and posted online.

In the BBC interview, the couple accept that they lied to the press about their involvement with the firm over many months.

(More at link):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-67738658

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