MP's 'regret' after education leaflet sent out with spelling mistakes
A Birmingham MP has spoken of his 'regret' after householders received a leaflet riddled with spelling mistakes.
The letter, which highlighted a project to establish a learning hub for Life Sciences in Selly Oak and Artificial Intelligence (AI), was sent out by the office of Selly Oak MP Al Carns.
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Around half a dozen words, including education, survey, artificial intelligence, announced, guarantee and Britain, were spelt incorrectly.
His office said an earlier version of a newsletter containing the errors was published by accident.
It was put down to 'human error' and the mistakes were rectified for the rest of the print run.
A statement from the Minister for Veterans & People in the Ministry of Defence office said: "Yes, unfortunately an earlier version of the newsletter was accidentally printed for a small number of households.
"This was human error and rectified for the vast majority of the print job. It is regrettable that any went out at all."
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The leaflet prompted an amusing reaction on Facebook.
Bournville resident Mik Barton said: "It's not a good look when you're writing about education and the skills you need to get a job.
"It's also quite amusing that so much of the letter is about AI and when all the spelling mistakes are pointed out to him, Al blames it on human error !"
Mr Carns is a former Royal Marine who served in the military for 24 years.
He was awarded the Military Cross for his service in Afghanistan.
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