Telegraph Inaccurately Calculated 'One in 12 in London Is Illegal Migrant' Stat, IPSO Finds

Telegraph inaccurately calculated 'one in 12 in London is illegal migrant' stat, IPSO finds

The Telegraph’s sums to conclude that “one in 12 in London” is an illegal migrant were inaccurate, a ruling from press regulator IPSO has confirmed. The calculations from The Telegraph were picked up and reused by the Daily Mail which has already faced an upheld IPSO complaint as a result. The Daily Mail had argued it was entitled to reuse the claim without checking because it was “reasonable for it to assume the central premise was accurate”. T…

IPSO says The Telegraph's calculation in a January article that claimed “one in 12 in London” is an illegal migrant was inaccurate and showed a “lack of care”

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