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Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil and Rachael Burford

'Totally insulting': Pressure mounts on Minister to pay back taxpayer money used to settle libel legal bill

A Cabinet Secretary who used £15,000 of taxpayer money to settle a libel claim legal bill was under growing pressure to cover the damages herself on Thursday.

Rishi Sunak defended Science Secretary Michelle Donelan after she paid damages to Professor Kate Sang for falsely accusing the academic of supporting terror group Hamas.

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