How the Michelle Mone scandal unfolded: £200m of PPE contracts, denials and a government lawsuit

Conservative peer made multiple denials of any association between her and PPE Medro

• Michelle Mone admits she lied to media over links to PPE firm
• Explained: what PPE deals was Mone involved in?

The Conservative peer Michelle Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman, denied for years that they were involved in PPE Medpro, a company that secured more than £200m in government contracts to supply face masks and surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic. They are subject to a long-running National Crime Agency investigation, facing allegations of fraud and bribery, which they deny.

Here’s a timeline of key events.