Michelle Donelan has apologised for publicly posting a letter on social media falsely suggesting an academic had expressed sympathy for Hamas.
The Science Secretary later retracted her comments about Professor Kate Sang and agreed to pay her £15,000 in taxpayer money.She accepted there was "no evidence" the academic, who had recently been appointed to the UK Research and Innovation's advisory group on equality, diversity and inclusion, was a Hamas supporter.
"She added: "I highlighted it on the platform that the original tweet was done on - Twitter, or X - and that was something I have apologised for."With hindsight, I could have just sent it privately and if I had the ability to do it again, I would certainly just send it privately."So I've said that publicly as well as retracting the original comments, which I do think is important.
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