• An analysis of water suppliers said that … shareholders have become incredibly wealthy off the back of water companies in England and Wales…. To clarify, Welsh Water (Dŵr Cymru) became a not-for-profit company in 2001 (The lessons we can learn from Europe, 14 August, p7).
• An article incorrectly suggested Barclays customers would face high interest rates and charges if forced to use an unauthorised overdraft (Barclays removes financial safety net as cost of living crisis bites, 14 August, p56). Customers cannot go above their overdraft limit and there are no fees for attempting to make a purchase that would exceed the agreed limit.
• Inflation is at 9.4% and forecast to rise to 13%; it is not already at 13% as an article stated (‘It’s a sweatshop, here in the UK’: inflation crisis adds to woes of Amazon workers, 14 August, p12).
