Downing Street takes the case of Michelle Mone "incredibly seriously", Rishi Sunak has said, after the former Tory peer admitted she had lied when denying involvement with a company that won UK government deals to provide personal protective equipment during the Covid pandemic. Guardian investigations found Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman, were involved with PPE Medpro, which was awarded contracts worth £203m in May and June 2020 after she approached ministers, including Michael Gove, with an offer to supply equipment Rishi Sunak taking Michelle Mone case ‘incredibly seriously’ UK politics: latest updates