The Times
Westminster, government policy, Sunday Times investigations
Sources
30+ publications, 125 years of archives
Every Echo is built on cross-referenced sources. We read so you don't have to — but we show you exactly where every claim comes from.
125+Years coverage
30+Publications
3 minSources per claim
2026Latest archive update
UK national press
Financial Times
Fiscal, markets, business-government interaction
The Guardian
Politics, public policy, investigative reporting
The Telegraph
Conservative politics, foreign policy, defence
The Observer
Sunday political analysis, long-form essays
The Economist
Policy analysis, economic context, leaders
Political weeklies & magazines
The Spectator
Conservative-leaning political commentary
New Statesman
Left-of-centre political analysis
Prospect
Long-form political and policy analysis
Tortoise Media
Long-form journalism, ThinkIn-style analysis
Broadcast & wire
BBC News
Political reporting, Newsnight, Today programme
ITV News
Political reporting, regional coverage
Sky News
Westminster coverage, breaking political news
Reuters
Political wire reporting, fact verification
Associated Press
International political coverage
Bloomberg
Fiscal, monetary policy, market reaction to politics
Specialist political coverage
Politico EU
UK Westminster + EU Brussels intersection
Press Gazette
Media industry coverage, journalist accountability
Sifted
European tech and startup coverage
UK in a Changing Europe
Post-Brexit UK-EU relations analysis
Government & primary sources
Hansard
Verbatim record of parliamentary debates
UK National Archives
Cabinet papers, official records
Gov.uk
Department announcements, official statements
Office for National Statistics
Official UK economic and social statistics
Bank of England
Interest rates, inflation, monetary policy
Office for Budget Responsibility
Independent fiscal forecasts and analysis
Think tanks & policy institutes
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
Tax, public spending, distributional analysis
Resolution Foundation
Living standards, low-to-middle income policy
Institute for Government
Whitehall, civil service, government effectiveness
IPPR
Progressive policy research
Centre for Policy Studies
Free-market policy research
Fact verification
Full Fact
UK independent fact-checking
BBC Reality Check
BBC fact-checking team
FactCheck.org
Cross-border political claim verification
How sources are used
Every Echo references a minimum of 3 of these publications, with at least one primary source (Hansard, ONS, government press release) and at least two independent secondary sources (named publications). The full citation list appears at the foot of every Echo, formatted in Harvard reference style.
Where a source disagrees with another, we say so explicitly in the Echo body. Where claims cannot be verified across multiple sources, the Echo is held until they can be — or published with an explicit confidence qualifier.
If a source has retracted, corrected, or updated a claim we cited, the Echo is amended within 24 hours and an update note appears on the Echo's revision log. See methodology for the full workflow.