Editorial policy

Content published on www.politics.co.uk is done so in accordance with a set editorial policy that is designed to ensure that www.politics.co.uk maintains an impartiality and balance in its coverage.

This editorial policy is supervised by an editorial board containing an elected representative from each of the three major political parties.

Specifically, content published on www.politics.co.uk is designed to be:

1. Balanced
Stories and issue briefings published on www.politics.co.uk are written to illuminate a set political issue. It is accepted that by their very nature, most political issues, are controversial and thus attract varying degrees of opinion. When discussing an issue, or developments connected with it, www.politics.co.uk strives to cite opinion from each of the most prominent sides of the debate on the issue in question.

2. No Political Bias
Stories written on www.politics.co.uk are written in an objective and impartial fashion using language which is bereft of emotion and does not express or infer any opinion.

Stories and issue briefings are written to reflect the facts and activities in question, and are not written with comment or inferences that could be interpreted as being leading or subjective.

3. Informative
Material written to appear on www.politics.co.uk is written in language and terminology that is easily comprehensible by the layperson reading the story. www.politics.co.uk is designed so as to provide information on developments in British politics that appeal to the whole spectrum of the political community.

News stories relating to major political issues contain links to relevant issue briefings, briefings which in turn provide background context and information on the issue in question.

4. Attributable to an identifiable source
Stories written within the news section of www.politics.co.uk are based on material that is clearly attributable to a particular source.

News stories are not written on a basis that is clearly speculative, nor on material that is confidential, privileged, or not intended for public dissemination, unless that material has in itself already been made public. All embargoes are clearly respected.

Should anyone have any questions about content written on www.politics.co.uk, please e-mail impartiality@politics.co.uk.