Cabinet minister Michelle Donelan has paid an undisclosed sum and apologised to a professor after falsely suggesting she supported Hamas.
Ms Donelan accused both women of sharing extremist content online and claimed they had breached the Nolan principles, which set out how public officials should behave.Prof Sang had earlier shared a Guardian article about government plans to clamp down on pro-Palestine marches and called the plans "disturbing", while Dr Patel had retweeted a post describing Israel's actions in Gaza as "genocide and apartheid".
In a statement posted to X on Tuesday, Ms Donelan admitted she was wrong and had "misunderstood" the social media posts. Prof Sang said: "I am delighted that this matter has now concluded, but very disturbed by the way in which Michelle Donelan and UKRI behaved.
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