Overview

• Kemi Badenoch urged Baroness Mone to resign and said prosecutors should “throw the book” at her following the court ruling on PPE Medpro.
• Baroness Mone’s letter accuses Badenoch of using reckless language that could be reportable for contempt and asserts she has been transparent about her role.
• The High Court found PPE Medpro breached its contract and gave the company two weeks to repay nearly £122m after gowns could not be validated as sterile.
• An NCA criminal investigation continues with about £75m in assets linked to Mone and Doug Barrowman frozen, which Mone disputes as based on a false theory.
• Public pressure has mounted with a petition calling for Mone to quit the Lords gathering 60,000 signatures in 24 hours, as she says she does not intend to return as a Conservative peer.