Science minister pays damages to academic she accused of Hamas sympathy

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1. Donelan will pay damages to professor she called Hamas sympathiser | The Times

2. UK science minister apologises and pays damages after academic's libel action | The Guardian

3. Science minister forced to pay damages | The Spectator

4. Michelle Donelan defended by No 10 after taxpayers foot Hamas damages claim | Evening Standard

5. Under-fire minister Michelle Donelan is charging taxpayers to settle her libel claim | Daily Mail

6. Michelle Donelan under pressure from Labour to pay taxpayers back libel costs | Telegraph

A cabinet minister has apologised and paid damages to an academic after suggesting she had expressed sympathy for Hamas, with the costs covered by her department.