No 10 refuses to say how Michelle Donelan was advised over accusation against academic who then sued her for libel
The science secretary, Michelle Donelan, received government advice before she tweeted a letter in which she accused an academic of supporting Hamas, Downing Street has said.
No 10 refused to say what advice officials had given her and whether she actually followed it, but insisted she had “acted in line with established precedent”.
