Channel 4 has been slammed for wrongly captioning a video of Boris Johnson with subtitles referring to the race of immigrants.

Mr Johnson made a speech yesterday in which he said new immigration controls would ensure 'people of talent' still come to Britain.

But in Channel 4's subtitles of the speech, the phrase was changed to become 'people of colour', with the video then being shared widely online by people insisting the wrongly-reported comments were racist.

The channel today apologised for the mistake, saying: 'Boris Johnson says 'people of talent' not 'people of colour'. Our earlier tweet was a mistake. We misheard and we apologise.'

But senior Conservatives have accused the channel of trying to smear the Prime Minister.

Party chairman James Cleverly tweeted: 'Boris has used the phrase 'people of talent' many times during this election campaign in relation to our points based immigration policy.'

This is Channel 4's wrongly-captioned video of Boris Johnson in which the subtitles report his words as 'people of colour' when he actually said 'people of talent'

Channel 4 have been slammed for mistakenly captioning the footage of Boris Johnson. This is a grab of the wrongly captioned version, which mistakenly reports him saying 'people of colour'

Despite being incorrect, the wrongly-reported words were spread widely on Twitter and were the top trending phrase this morning

Cabinet Minister Jake Berry tweeted: 'Outrageous smear by @Channel4News subtitling a video suggesting Boris said 'people of colour'. They have now deleted their video and apologised.'

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A senior Tory source said: 'This shows why it has been impossible to co-operate with Channel 4 News, they are campaigners in this election - inventing the most damaging things possible to further their campaign against Brexit.

'This sort of thing is why so many media organisations have collapsing audiences. We sadly do not expect the senior management at Channel 4 to take this terrible mistake seriously and we expect more of the same.'

Mr Johnson's actual words at an election campaign event in Derbyshire were: 'We'll be able to do all sorts of things differently and better including controlling our immigration system for the first time in decades and that would be a good thing.

'I'm in favour of having people of talent come to this country but I think we should have it democratically controlled.'

The wrongly reported comments were seized upon by his opponents, who claimed what he said was racist.

It comes after another row over Channel 4's decision to replace Mr Johnson with an ice sculpture on its TV climate change debate earlier in the campaign after the Prime Minister declined to take part.

Former environment secretary Michael Gove offered to appear on the programme instead of Mr Johnson, and even turned up at the studio, but Channel 4 refused, saying it was only for leaders.

The Tories have complained to media regulator Ofcom about the 'partisan stunt' by the channel.

Conservative sources later threatened that Channel 4's public service broadcasting obligations would be reviewed if they win the election.

Mr Johnson (pictured at a bakery in Golders Green, London today) made a speech yesterday in which he said new immigration controls would ensure 'people of talent' still come to Britain.

Despite being wrong, the video was seized upon by Mr Johnson's opponents. Nicola Sturgeon later removed this tweet

Even after Channel 4 admitted their mistake, Lib Dem Chuka Umunna carried on the criticism

Scores of Twitter users used the wrongly-reported comments to attack Mr Johnson

Channel 4 today apologised, saying they had misheard Mr Johnson's comments

Cabinet Minister Jake Berry accused the channel of trying to smear the Prime Minister

Mr Johnson says he wants to put Britain in 'top gear' after claiming the country will be 'stuck in neutral' if voters boot him out of Downing Street.

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The Prime Minister unveiled the latest Conservative Party election campaign poster during a visit to Kent Showground.

It declared: 'Get Britain out of neutral.'

A gearstick was also pictured which offered a choice of five gears and reverse, although there was no confirmation on the poster of the preferred option.

In a rallying speech to a small number of Tory activists, Mr Johnson said of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit position: 'He's evolved over the course of this campaign - he used to be indecisive, now he's not so sure.

'What he now says is that he's going to be neutral on the greatest issue facing our country.

'As a result of having a Corbyn-Sturgeon coalition, the whole country would be stuck in neutral next year, the year after, for the next Parliament.

'It would be a disaster for our politics because he doesn't have a deal and he has no plan to get it.'

Mr Johnson went on: 'If we can get Brexit done, if we can get a working majority in Parliament next week, then we'll finally be able to get this country out of neutral, into first, into second, third, fourth - how many gears does that thing have?

'Fifth. Top gear and we'll get the whole nation motoring again. That's our objective, that's our ambition.'

Jeremy Corbyn reveals ANOTHER dodgy 'secret' document: Labour leader brandishes Northern Ireland border checks 'bombshell' - but is accused of 'hiding' because he STILL won't say whether he wants to leave the EU

Jeremy Corbyn attempted to turn the tables on the Tories over Brexit today by staging another 'dramatic' reveal of leaked documents.

With Labour still trailing in the polls and just days to go in the campaign, the veteran left-winger claimed the package Boris Johnson thrashed out with Brussels would make the country poorer.

Extraordinarily, having backed Irish unification and republicanism for decades, he complained that he had uncovered evidence that the deal would risk splitting Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.

But Mr Corbyn was repeatedly asked at a press conference in London whether he was the one who was 'hiding'. Labour's position is to negotiate a new deal keeping the UK in a customs union, and call a second referendum, with Remain the other option.

However, Mr Corbyn again insisted he would be neutral on whether voters should back his own deal - raising questions about who would head the Brexit campaign, and why the EU would bother agreeing to talks.

And Mr Johnson flatly dismissed the 'nonsense' allegations as he gave a speech in Kent, saying there would be 'no checks'. 'We are going to come out of the EU whole and entire,' he said.

Jeremy Corbyn staged a 'dramatic' reveal of leaked Brexit documents at a press conference in London today - but was repeatedly asked whether he was the one 'hiding' his true position

Labour claimed the leaked document showed there could be customs declarations between mainland Britain and Northern Ireland

Mr Corbyn said today that he wanted to be an 'honest broker' in the referendum on a new deal that he would negotiate with the EU.

'I am not hiding on this. What I am saying is we are going to have to bring an end to this debate,' he said.

Tory aides voiced astonishment that Labour was focusing on Brexit despite its ambiguous policy appearing to fall flat in crucial northern and Midlands battlegrounds.

One source told MailOnline: 'I am starting to wonder if they are actually trying to lose this.'

The documents held up by Mr Corbyn at the press conference were marked 'sensitive' rather than 'secret'. They were only handed out to reporters as he started speaking, meaning there was not enough time to ask detailed questions.

Mr Corbyn said the papers titled Northern Ireland Protocol: Unfettered Access To The UK Internal Market, were proof that there would be customs checks between mainland Britain and Northern Ireland after Brexit.

'What we have here is a confidential report by Johnson's own government, marked 'official, sensitive', that exposes the falsehoods that Boris Johnson has been putting forward,' he said.

'This is cold, hard evidence that categorically shows the impact a damaging Brexit deal would have on large parts of our country.'

The 15-page document appears to be a slideshow prepared by the Treasury and is titled 'NI Protocol: Unfettered Access To The UKIM'.

Mr Corbyn said Mr Johnson's Brexit deal will be 'disastrous for businesses and jobs all across the UK' and claimed the Government's confidential report 'confirms this'.

The 'dramatic' reveal came as Mr Corbyn struggles to recover from the latest devastating allegations of anti-Semitism in Labour.

He was accused of nine acts of anti-Semitism in a shocking leaked report - as a new video emerges showing him embracing a 'blood libel' preacher who was later jailed.

The damning dossier has been compiled by the Jewish Labour Movement, and submitted to the Equality and Human Rights Commission who are currently investigating the party.

The 53-page document claims that 'Mr Corbyn himself has repeatedly associated with, sympathised with and engaged in anti-Semitism'.

It sets out in nine examples of Mr Corbyn's past behaviour which the JLM claimed had acted as 'signals to party members' that 'anti-Semitic views are acceptable'.

This includes, defending Chris Williamson against allegations of anti-Semitism weeks before he was suspended for those allegations.

Mr Johnson flatly dismissed the 'nonsense' allegations as he gave a speech in Kent, saying there would be 'no checks'. 'We are going to come out of the EU whole and entire,' he said

Mr Corbyn was joined at the press conference by shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer - who has been notable by his absence for most of the campaign

The damning evidence also claims he attended an event on Holocaust Memorial Day in 2010 where the Israeli government was compared to the Nazis.

It comes as video footage emerged of him embracing an Islamic hate preacher convicted of using the 'blood libel' against Jews.

The now Labour leader is seen shaking hands with Sheikh Raed Salah after a 2012 talk in which he referred to him as an 'honoured citizen' and invited him to tea in the House of Commons.

Salah, a prominent member of the Islamic Movement in Israel, had been excluded from the UK because of concerns over his 'virulent anti-Semitism'.

Tories slam Andrew Neil's 'tired' interview format after the BBC presenter empty-chaired Boris Johnson for refusing to agree to face him

The Tories today hit back at the BBC over claims Boris Johnson is dodging a grilling from Andrew Neil - dismissing it as a 'tired format'.

A senior party source said voters were fed up with programmes that were 'all about the interviewer' and involved 'endless interruptions'.

The furious retort came after Neil, one of the broadcaster's most forensic interrogators, issued a sensational challenge to Mr Johnson last night after weeks of negotiations with his aides.

All the main leaders apart from the Tory PM have now taken part in the half-hour BBC One inquisition - with Jeremy Corbyn suffering a disastrous mauling over Labour anti-Semitism and his manifesto spending splurge.

In a withering put-down which has racked up over a million views online, Neil questioned how Mr Johnson hoped to face down strongmen on the world stage if he was too frightened to be interviewed.

Staring straight down the camera, he said: 'The Prime Minister of our nation will at times have to stand up to President Trump, President Putin, President Xi of China.

'So we're surely not expecting too much that he spend half an hour standing up to me.'

Neil heaped further pressure on Mr Johnson by 'empty-chairing' him and suggesting his decision to sidestep an interview was because his campaign pledges to not stand up to scrutiny.

But the senior Conservative source said: 'The public are fed up with interviews that are all about the interviewer and endless interruptions.

'The format is broken and needs to change if it is to start engaging and informing the public again.

'The PM will focus on talking to voters about people's priorities including investing in our NHS and helping with the cost of living.'

The Conservatives stressed that Mr Johnson has done 117 interviews during the campaign so far, and was the first PM to agree to two head-to-head debates with the Opposition leader.

Michael Gove bizarrely urged voters to ring Downing Street today and ask whether Mr Johnson will agree to be grilled by Neil.

Michael Gove (pictured) was pushed on whether Boris Johnson will do the Andrew Neil interview as he toured studios this morning, ahead of the last BBC head-to-head debate between the PM and Jeremy Corbyn