Victoria Coren Mitchell presenting Have I Got News For You last week

The BBC has issued an apology after a debunked rumour was presented as fact during the most recent episode of Have I Got News For You.

During Friday night’s instalment of the long-running panel show, guest host Victoria Coren Mitchell introduced a question about the government’s controversial plans to introduce digital ID cards.

She went on to claim that the company Multiverse would be overseeing the roll-out of these ID cards, though these rumours had already been dispelled by the fact-checking service FullFact.

They said on Tuesday: “[It has been claimed that] Multiverse, a company founded by Tony Blair’s son Euan, has been chosen to run the government’s new digital ID scheme. This isn’t true,........

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