THE BBC has refused to issue a public correction after Laura Kuenssberg made false claims about a UK Government deal for shipbuilding on the Clyde.

In an episode of the Laura Kuenssberg show on October 12 the presenter claimed the UK Government was spending £10 billion on Clyde shipbuilding in an interview with First Minister John Swinney .

The BBC has admitted this commentary was incorrect in an apology shared on social media by a complainant, but has refused to issue any public correction.

The Twitter/X account MSM Monitor has said despite the BBC saying Kuenssberg summarised the situation correctly later on in the programme, the error "still breaches BBC guidelines" and "must be acknowledged".

It comes after Swinney was forced to correct Kuenssberg for other errors she made in

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