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PM's criticised for letter 'mistakes'
Page last updated at 11:55 GMT, Monday, 9 November 2009
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Gordon Brown has been criticised for sending a condolence letter to the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan that appears to include a number of mistakes.
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The letter to Jacqui Janes, the mother of 20-year-old Jamie who was killed by a bomb October, has a scribble on the name Jamie and also appears to have other spelling mistakes, including writing Mrs Janes as "Mrs James".
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Gordon Brown has since contacted Mrs Janes to apologise and say he meant no offence by apparently misspelling the name of her son. A spokesperson for the PM has also said Mr Brown "would never knowingly misspell anyone's name".
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