Our Editorial Policy: How We Research, Check and Correct

This page explains how UK Markets Today researches, checks and corrects everything it publishes, and how the site is funded.

What we publish

UK Markets Today publishes UK money news, guides, calculators and comparisons for readers in the United Kingdom. Our aim is to make UK money simple: clear words, checked figures and no hype.

How we research

We go to primary sources first: the Bank of England, the Office for National Statistics, HMRC and GOV.UK, the Financial Conduct Authority and MoneyHelper, and the organisation a story is about, such as the union, company or government department that made the announcement.

Figures in our articles carry dates, so readers can see how current they are. Where a number comes from a named study or a company rather than an official source, we say so on the page.

News stories are only published when the facts have been confirmed by the primary source. If we cannot confirm a story, we hold it back rather than publish it.

AI assistance

Some of our content is researched and drafted with the help of AI tools. Nothing is published unchecked. Every article is checked against the official sources named in it before it goes live, and news stories are only published when the facts are confirmed by the primary source.

AI tools help with drafting and routine research tasks. The editor decides what we publish and is responsible for the accuracy of every page.

Updates and corrections

Our guides show when they were last checked. We only change a published date when the content has genuinely changed, never just to make a page look fresh.

If we make a mistake, we correct the page and note the correction on the page itself. If you spot an error, please tell us through our contact page and we will check it and fix it if it is wrong.

Information, not advice

UK Markets Today publishes general information only. Nothing on this site is financial advice, and the site is not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Money decisions are personal, and readers making an important decision should consider taking regulated financial advice.

How we are funded

The site is funded by advertising, through Google AdSense. Advertising does not decide what we publish or what we say. If the site ever earns commission from a link, the page carrying that link will say so.

This policy is maintained by our editor, Emily Harrington.