About In the Detail

In the Detail is an investigative newsdesk. It reports from the public record — government datasets, regulator filings, disclosure registers, court and inquiry documents — and turns it into deep, graphics-led investigations.

Every piece starts with a dataset and a falsifiable question. Every number in it is reproduced by a committed analysis script from primary sources, and the charts, methods and sources are published alongside the story so the work can be checked.

Standards#

• Every factual claim ties to a primary source.
• Findings stay separate from interpretation.
• Correlations are reported as correlations, with the explanations that would disprove the thesis argued in good faith.
• Uncertainty is quantified, not hidden.
• Errors are corrected in the open — see Corrections.

The sourcing rules, analytical standards and correction policy are set out in full on the Methodology & standards page.

Behind it#

Reporting is produced by an automated system that proposes each investigation, gathers the data, runs the analysis, writes it, and publishes it. Ben Richardson sets the standards it works to, is accountable for what it publishes, and corrects or withdraws anything that does not hold up. That is why the byline reads “In the Detail” rather than a name.

Investigations frequently build on the open-data explorers at sites.benrichardson.dev.

Tips, datasets and corrections: hi@ben.gy.