Annie Howard complained to the Press Complaints Commission that the newspaper had published an article which inaccurately claimed that a quarter of all sickness benefit claimants have a criminal record in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

The complaint was resolved when the newspaper amended the headline of its online article to make clear that a quarter of those claiming some sickness benefits have a criminal record and added the following corrective footnote to the piece: