Election 2024: Other support and guidance

We are not the only organisation who cares about transparency of evidence. Find out more below about the range of support available to help you navigate information during an election campaign.

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OSR guidance:

• Code of Practice for Statistics: sets the standards that producers of official statistics should commit to.
• Guidance on intelligent transparency: sets out the Office for Statistics Regulation’s expectations for the transparent release and use of statistics and data.
• Guidance for Statements about Public Funding: aims to help those reading public funding announcements to understand what to look out for so they are not misled.
• Understanding the difference between Official Statistics and published Management Information

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Other regulators:

• Advertising Standards Authority(ASA): looks at the content of television and radio advertisements.
• Electoral Commission: oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK.
• Information Commissioner’s Office(ICO): the UK’s independent authority, which was set up to uphold information rights in the public interest and promotes openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.
• Independent Press Standards Organisation(IPSO): the independent regulator for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK.
• Ofcom: the regulator for communications services, which is responsible, among other things, for what people see and hear on TV and radio.

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Fact-checking organisations:

• BBC Verify: a BBC News service that examines the facts and claims behind a story.
• Channel 4 Fact Check: the fact-checking arm of UK’s Channel 4 newsroom.
• Fact Check NI: Northern Ireland’s independent fact-checking service.
• Full Fact: the UK’s independent fact-checking organisation.

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Parliaments:

• House of Commons (HoC) Library: an independent research and information service based in the UK Parliament.
• HoC Library – How to spot spin and inappropriate use of statistics
• RaISe: The Northern Ireland Assembly’s Research and Information Service
• Senedd Research: provides impartial, authoritative information on the latest topics under consideration at the Welsh Parliament.
• Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe): provides impartial, factual and accurate information and analysis to Members in support of Scottish Parliament parliamentary business.

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