UK seeks £145M from PPE Medpro over non-sterile pandemic gowns; company in administration, no settlement yet.

The UK government, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is continuing efforts to recover £145 million from PPE Medpro, a company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone, after a High Court ruled the firm’s pandemic-era surgical gowns were non-sterile and unusable. The total debt, including interest, now stands at about £145.6 million. PPE Medpro entered administration before repaying the amount, and while its consortium offered to discuss a settlement, the government says it has not responded. Starmer emphasized the government’s commitment to recovering taxpayer funds regardless of personal connections, rejecting claims of political targeting. Mone and her husband deny wrongdoing, calling the court’s decision based on technicalities and accusing Chancellor Rachel Reeves of a vendetta, which Reeves has denied.