ON Thursday, we reported the Thurrock Council leader defending the council’s job cut plans.

It included the following from councillor Rob Geldhill in a quote.

“I am sure that no one, other than the Labour leader, forgets we inherited a deficit of £40m from Labour when we took control of the Council in 2016.”

On Friday, we have been asked to correct this article.

Councillor Gledhill has since advised he made a typographical error and the true figure is £30million.

Over the weekend, YT will have a trawl through our archive (38,000 stories) but a figure nearer £18 million comes to mind.

We will let you know in due course.