Corrections and clarifications

• A letter published in last Monday’s paper (Ireland loves U2, but won’t shout about it, 17 July, page 26) said U2’s lead singer Bono would “go down in history as one who did more to elevate world poverty than any other during his lifetime”. The writer of the letter meant “alleviate”, not “elevate”.

• In an article about funding for schools in England, we said that the Conservative party’s manifesto in the recent election included a plan to scrap free school meals. That proposal, which was dropped after the election, did not include means-tested free school meals in all levels of school. It was to end universal free school meals for infants (Schools given £1.3bn to head off Tory revolt, 18 July, page 1).

• An editorial said that the conductor Daniel Barenboim made an anti-Brexit speech during the fourth night of the BBC Proms. His speech was on the third night, during the fourth Prom (Listen to the music and the dismay, 18 July, page 26).