Times editor defends Elton John article

James Harding admits mistake in article on tax avoidance scheme, but defends not giving prior notificationThe editor of the Times has defended an article that Sir Elton John claimed falsely linked him to a tax avoidance scheme last year.In a statement to the Leveson inquiry into press standards, James Harding said the Times was mistaken when it linked the singer to an accountant mentioned in the article.However, he defended the paper's decision not to give John prior notification that he would b...

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