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

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Labour’s Catherine Atkinson states she is expected to 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 is expected to be inadvertently funded by the Mail on Sunday, using a payout it made following being threatened with legal action by the Labour MP Catherine Atkinson. The report also notes that The Derby North MP states she is expected to 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.

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