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Lord Chadlington Resigns Amid Covid PPE Scandal

3/6/2026

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  • Peter Gummer, Lord Chadlington, will leave the House of Lords after an investigation found Covid PPE breaches.
  • The investigation revealed he failed to cooperate with prior inquiries and improperly introduced a company he had a financial interest in to the government.
  • SG Recruitment received £50 million in contracts but later went into liquidation, and the Department of Health rejected the supplied PPE as unusable.