Saturday, April 01, 2006

Bungled Home Office stats withdrawn / Daily Mail, 31 Mar 2006

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"Home Secretary Charles Clarke has been forced to withdraw new race crime statistics after it emerged they were riddled with errors. As reported by the Press Association on Thursday, the Home Office said racist incidents reported to Dorset Police had soared 556% when the true figure was 56%. An investigation by ITV News has shown there were a range of other similar mistakes."