To: Rishi Sunak
Make Michelle Donelan pay for her own defamation settlement.
Cabinet minister Michelle Donelan has paid an undisclosed sum and apologised to a professor after falsely suggesting she supported Hamas.
The science secretary made the claim about Prof Kate Sang, an academic at Heriot Watt University, in a letter posted on social media in October.
The sum paid was covered by taxpayers to prevent prolonged legal costs, the BBC has been told.
The science secretary made the claim about Prof Kate Sang, an academic at Heriot Watt University, in a letter posted on social media in October.
The sum paid was covered by taxpayers to prevent prolonged legal costs, the BBC has been told.
Why is this important?
This is yet another case of an egregious defamation by a government official being picked up by the taxpayer. Make Michelle Donelan pay the settlement fee back to the taxpayer.