Who is Michelle Mone and what PPE deals was she involved in?

The former Conservative peer Michelle Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman, have acknowledged for the first time that he made multimillion-pound profits from two PPE deals during the Covid pandemic. Here is the background to the story.

Who are Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman?

Mone, 52, became well known particularly in her native Scotland for the bra and lingerie company Ultimo, which she built up with her first husband, Michael Mone. David…