STANDARDS
Editorial policy
Sourcing
Every factual claim about a law, programme, price or statistic links to a verifiable source. Politics carries two sources.
Corrections
Errors are corrected in place with a dated note.
Sponsored content
Paid content is labelled Sponsored and never appears in Politics or Government.
AI assistance
Our desk uses AI tools to research, draft and illustrate. Every story is reviewed by a human editor before publication. AI-generated illustrations are labelled.