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Channel Four was forced to apologise after their incorrect captioning of the Prime Minister led to a 'racism' row.

The TV channel released a clip of the PM with the subtitles alleging he said he wanted controls on "people of colour" coming to the UK.

The clip prompted outrage from a number of Twitter users who took offence at the term.

But the subtitles were incorrect and the Prime Minister instead referred to "people of talent".

Channel 4 news's official Twitter account tweeted saying: "Boris Johnson says “people of talent” not “people of colour.” Our earlier tweet was a mistake. We misheard and we apologise."

During a visit to a Matlock factory on Thursday, the Prime Minister said Brexit would allow Britain to have “control of our immigration system for the first time in decades, and that will be a good thing.”

He added: “I’m in favour of having people of talent come to this country but I think we should have it democratically controlled and have it done that way.”

Cabinet minister for the Northern Powerhouse Jake Berry shared the same clip from the BBC without subtitles saying: "Outrageous smear by @Channel4News subtitling a video suggesting Boris said “people of colour”. They have now deleted their video and apologised."

Theresa May's former chief spin doctor Robbie Gibb, who previously worked for the BBC, said: "Channel 4 News revealed, yet again, to have a total disregard for impartiality. Less than a week before the election they have been caught doctoring footage to smear the PM as a racist. The head of Channel 4 should go on C4 News tonight to make a public apology."

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."

Conservative 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."