Reporting that slows the story down just enough

Every story starts with a document, a dataset or a named source. We read the budget, request the contract and call the people affected before writing. Numbers are dated, and disputed claims are labelled rather than smoothed over.

We publish fewer stories than a breaking-news desk because checking takes time. When we get something wrong, the correction is public and dated. See our standards on the about page, send a tip through contact, or start with the weekly cost check and the rail corridor analysis.