Mail on Sunday ends up funding state school scholarship via payout to MP

Mail on Sunday ends up funding state school scholarship via payout to MP

Labour’s Catherine Atkinson says she will give students £5, 000 paid to her by paper that falsely accused her of concealing private school education A new scholarship supporting state-educated students will be inadvertently funded by the Mail on Sunday, using a payout it made after being threatened with legal action by the Labour MP Catherine Atkinson.

The Derby North MP says she will use the proceeds of around £5, 000 from the Mail on Sunday (MoS) to fund scholarships for local law students at the University of Derby who – like her – attended state schools. Continue reading...

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