UK Lawmaker Admits Errors Over COVID Contracts to Firm With Ties to Husband
• UK parliamentarian Baroness Michelle Mone lied about links to PPE Medpro, a company awarded lucrative COVID contracts • Mone now admits error in denying connections, regrets threatening to sue journalists • Mone's husband admits leading consortium that owns PPE Medpro • Mone argues she and husband are "scapegoats" in wider UK pandemic spending scandal • UK government criticized for "VIP lanes" that gave preferential treatment for public contracts to politically-connected companies