The Guardian - PPE gowns in £122m order ‘not safe for NHS use’

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The Guardian says the government has accused a company linked to Conservative peer Michelle Mone of supplying defective gowns that could have compromised the safety of patients had they been used in the NHS. 

PPE Medpro has previously defended its gowns and said they were made to the “correct specification”.

The front page features an image of writer Fay Weldon who has died at age 91.

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