Jonathan Portes, Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'Migrants take four jobs for every one that goes to a Briton: Unemployment tumbles by 132,000 in three months', published by the Daily Mail on 14 August 2014, included inaccuracies in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice. The complaint was on-going as of 8 September 2014, at the time of the closure of the PCC. It was therefore considered by the Complaints Committee of the Independent Press Standards Organisation in accordance with the procedures of the PCC.

Jonathan Portes, Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'We're building an immigration system that puts Britain first', published by The Daily Telegraph on 29 July 2014, included an inaccuracy in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.