Taxpayers foot £34,000 bill after Tory Minister Michelle Donelan's libel costs double
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Science Secretary Michelle Donelan apologised and retracted false claims that an academic had expressed sympathy for Hamas - but taxpayers have been left to foot the bill for the libel case