Corrections and clarifications

• The government is to make the recording of ethnicity mandatory on death certificates in England, not on birth certificates as an article about measures to understand the impact of Covid-19 said (Ethnicity to be noted on birth certificates, 22 October, page 8).

• An editorial about the Grenfell inquiry wrongly said that a former panellist was forced to step down due to a link with “one of the contractors” involved in the tower’s refurbishment; the connection was to Arconic, the cladding manufacturer (19 October, page 2, Journal).

• Other recently amended articles include:

Thousands of people refused universal credit ‘turning to food banks’

Van Damme saves life of chihuahua after row over fake passport

TV tonight: a groundbreaking sketch show that delivers on the laughs

Barbara Ker Wilson obituary

Whitehall ‘infantilised’ by reliance on consultants, minister claims

Samuel L Jackson: ‘A fullness comes upon me every time I land in Africa’

Ypres chestnut tree battered but unbowed by wars wins Belgian award