Michael Gove has said he referred all offers of help with personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic to the 'appropriate civil service channels'. The levelling up secretary was being asked about the Conservative peer Michelle Mone contacting him on his personal email to recommend a PPE business, after the Guardian revealed she and her children secretly received £29m originating from the profits of the business
Revealed: Tory peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29m from ‘VIP lane’ PPE firm
Private emails reveal Gove’s role in Tory-linked firm’s PPE deals