The latest episode of Have I Got News for You has been quickly removed from BBC iPlayer after presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell made a huge error regarding Labour’s plans to introduce digital ID cards. The Only Connect host anchored last night’s show (October 3), welcoming panellists Sheila Hancock, Miles Jupp, Ian Hislop and Paul Merton.

In one segment, Victoria asked the teams who will benefit from Keir Starmer’s decision to introduce the ID scheme, before telling them: “I was thinking of the company Multiverse, who has been chosen to run the digital ID cards scheme.” She said the company was founded by Tony Blair’s son Euan, joking: “That’s a happy coincidence, isn’t it?”