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■ December 4, 2022
Dipak Nandy was a lecturer at Leicester University, not Leeds University as we wrongly said (Magazine, last week).
■ November 6, 2022
An article headlined “Japanese giant still stamping on Post Office victims”, published on May 16, 2021, incorrectly reported that Michael Keegan was the chief executive of Fujitsu UK who had described the Horizon System as “Fort Knox” to the former CEO of the Post Office. This was, in fact, conjecture on the part of The Sunday Times. The former CEO of the Post Office has since confirmed that Michael Keegan was not the Fujitsu CEO she had referred to. This correction has been published following an upheld complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
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An article headlined “Will justice finally be DELIVERED?”, published on February 27, 2022, alleged that Michael Keegan, the former chief executive of Fujitsu UK, played a “central role in its dealings” with the Post Office as it “fought the sub-postmasters” and the organisation “decided to fight them in the court”. Mr Keegan had operational responsibility during some of the relevant period but denies having had any direct operational involvement with the Post Office as it entered into litigation against the sub-postmasters, and there is no public record of his involvement. This correction has been published following an upheld complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
We reported that Gordon Ramsay sacked 500 staff instead of furloughing them during the pandemic (Table Talk, last week). In fact only 111 of 760 staff were made redundant. We apologise for the mistake.
■ October 30, 2022
The Dragon’s Back ridge shown in an award-winning landscape photograph is in the Peak District, not the Brecon Beacons as the caption wrongly said (Magazine, last week).
We said the rise in the average two-year fixed mortgage rate from 2.25 per cent to 6.52 per cent meant that typical monthly payments on a £400,000 mortgage had increased by £1,529 (Money, last week). In fact a typical increase would be about £1,005.
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■ October 23, 2022
Leon Brittan was never chancellor of the exchequer, as we wrongly said (News, last week). He held offices including home secretary and chief secretary to the Treasury.
■ October 9, 2022
Further to our review of a biography of Boris Johnson (Books, last week), Tom Bower has asked us to make clear that he visited Johnson’s late mother, Charlotte Johnson Wahl, in October 2019, several months before the start of the first Covid lockdown.
■ September 11, 2022
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Our Magazine cover story “The making of a dictator” (November 21, 2021) included a photograph wrongly captioned as showing Xi Mingze and Peng Liyuan, President Xi’s wife and daughter. We apologise to Si Catherine Chen and Noelle Xi for wrongly identifying them.
■ August 28, 2022
The gun fired from Edinburgh Castle at 1pm is a 105mm field gun, not the medieval cannon Mons Meg as we wrongly said (Travel, last week).
■ August 21, 2022
In his Sport column last week Rod Liddle wrote that Scottish and National League football results were no longer given in the BBC’s Sports Report programme. In fact they are still included. We apologise for the error.
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■ August 7, 2022
A column by Kemi Badenoch referred to the closure of the Tavistock clinic (News, last week). We have been asked to point out that, while its gender identity service (GIDS) is to close, the Tavistock’s other services will remain open. We are happy to set this on record.
■ July 24, 2022
We reported (News, last week) that an online portal for council funding applications due to open on May 31 was still not operational. The levelling-up department has informed us that the portal in fact opened on July 15. We are happy to correct the record.
■ June 19, 2022
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Contrary to the impression given by the headline “Phones tycoon cuts support to the Tories” (News, last week), John Caudwell has not withdrawn support for the Conservative Party. He expressed disappointment with Boris Johnson’s economic record. We apologise for any embarrassment caused.
We said that Westfield Autonomous Vehicles was the maker of the POD vehicles at Heathrow airport (Business, last week). In fact the PODs were designed by Ultra Global Ltd and manufactured by ARRK.
■ June 12, 2022
An article on UK employment referred to an exodus of 200,000 EU citizens in the last two years (editorial, May 29). The number of EU nationals working in the UK fell by this amount in the two years to March 2022; the number of EU citizens residing in the UK rose slightly over the previous two years.
A photograph showed Princess Alexandra, the Queen’s cousin, not the Duchess of Kent as the caption wrongly stated (News, last week).
■ June 5, 2022
We wrongly said that 67 per cent of Britain’s potatoes are imported from the EU (News, last week). In fact 70 per cent of potatoes consumed here are grown in the UK.
■ May 1, 2022
We said the investor coalition Climate Action 100+ was planning to vote on motions at the annual general meeting of the building supplies firm CRH (Business, last week). In fact it had flagged the motions for its members to consider voting on. Climate Action 100+ does not take a formal position on shareholder voting.
■ April 10, 2022
We have been asked to point out that, contrary to our article “The man who lost America” (Sport, last week), William Walters did not act as a bookie for Phil Mickelson. We are happy to make this clear.
■ March 20, 2022
We said that Gordon Brown’s government introduced the Tier 1 visa programme for foreign investors (News, March 6). Mr Brown states that the scheme was a rebranding of existing regulations and did not bring about any changes to the financial criteria required for investors; and points out that it was a later government that allowed those who invested £10 million or more in the UK to apply for citizenship after two years. We are happy to make this clear.
The column “A history lesson that floats my boat: the stories of British slave rescues we never hear about” (Jeremy Clarkson, Comment, February 14, 2021) said it was reckoned that the Royal Navy’s operations to end the slave trade cost more than Britain had earned from earlier slaving enterprises. We have been asked to point out that the consensus among historians is that this was not the case, and we are happy to set this on record.
■ February 20, 2022
In an interview (Home, Feb 6) and subsequent news story, we reported Kirstie Allsopp as saying, “I get enraged when people say they can’t afford to buy.” We are happy to accept that Ms Allsopp in fact said, “I get enraged when people say that young people can’t buy”, and that she has spent much of her career helping young people find homes they can afford to buy.
We reported that two thirds of Scots think Police Scotland is failing on crime (Scotland, last week). In fact, 38 per cent of people surveyed had confidence in Police Scotland while a further 31 per cent said they did not know. Police Scotland conducted the survey, not the Scottish Police Authority as we said. We apologise and are happy to set the record straight.
Our article “Police pursue ‘thought crimes’” (Scotland, Feb 6) reported that Police Scotland interviewed Nicola Murray, the head of the Brodie’s Trust domestic abuse support group, about a reported hate crime. The police have now confirmed that she was not the subject of a complaint or investigation, and state that she was visited in connection with an unrelated matter.
■ February 13, 2022
We said a Focaldata poll showed Rishi Sunak had the best chance of reaching voters in red wall seats (News, last week). We have since been made aware that, while the poll showed a lead for Sunak when first and second preferences for prime minister were combined, it showed him behind Boris Johnson on first preferences alone. We are happy to make this clear.
The shipping line MSC has the capacity to move 4.3 million 20ft containers, not 4.3 billion as we wrongly stated (Business, last week). A caption indicated that a photo showed workers enjoying a lunchtime drink at Leadenhall Market, in the City of London (Business, last week). In fact the photo was taken after working hours. We apologise for the error.
■ January 23, 2022
We stated that Christine Lee donated more than £600,000 to the MP Barry Gardiner and funded members of his staff (News, last week). In fact the payments, which were closer to £500,000 over several years, were used entirely to fund staff. There is no implication that Mr Gardiner directly benefited from the payments. We are happy to make this clear.
ed her position amicably as she had completed her work on this project. The company has said in a statement that “she has decided to focus on new challenges and … leaves with our thanks”, having “laid all the foundations for a successful integration”. We apologise to Ms Thomas-Bland for this error.
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