👤 Jessica Elgot

13 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
13
2026-09-15 – 2026-10-29
Claims per article
36
471 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,489
characters · 1 tagged analysis
Writes for The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
92%
Economy/Business
8%
Most-tagged topics
LabourGuardianConservativesBritainBritishDowning StreetReform UKTUC

Leaning

-0.22 average ± 0.33 · -0.45 median · 9 scored articles
Indistinguishable from their outlet, which averages -0.28. On this many articles the difference between the two is inside the margin. Leaning rates the writing, not the subject. How it is scored.

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-30 · The Guardian · Politics
‘He persuaded us’: Labour ministers moved by Andy Burnham’s emotional conference speech
6 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-07 · The Guardian · Politics
‘All me’: Tory party riding high on Kemi Badenoch’s wave of popularity
5 outlets covered this event · leans strongly right
2026-10-05 · The Guardian · Politics
Conservatives propose £10bn ‘Britannia Shield’ inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome
4 outlets covered this event · leans strongly right
2026-09-27 · The Guardian · Politics
UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians
3 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-15 · The Guardian · Politics
Louise Haigh: UK must heed warnings from AI experts
3 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-19 · The Guardian · Politics
Minister says Mahmood’s migration policy will ‘prolong integration’
2 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-15 · The Guardian
Louise Haigh: UK must heed warnings from AI experts
🔮 Ministers must “heed the warnings” from industry leaders about the threat posed by AI as the government looks to capitalise on the technology, the first secretary, Louise Haigh, will say on Tuesday. mixed
2026-09-16 · The Guardian
Labour holds No 10 drinks party for donors amid growing calls for donations cap
🔮 People donated what they could … assertive
2026-09-16 · The Guardian
‘Made in Europe’ laws could derail UK plans for reset with EU
🔮 European legislation that threatens to lock British business out of EU industry could derail a planned reset summit between the bloc and the UK, government sources have said. assertive
2026-09-27 · The Guardian
UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians
🔮 Shabana Mahmood will announce a new legal route for refugees that prioritises Afghan women and girls and Palestinians, unfreezing a scheme that will put the most vulnerable refugees on a faster path to permanent status. assertive
2026-09-28 · The Guardian
Angela Rayner promises greater public control of housing in England
🔮 Housing associations in England will be told they cannot decline to house homeless families without good reason, Angela Rayner will tell the Labour conference, as part of a drive for more public control of housing. assertive
2026-09-30 · The Guardian
‘He persuaded us’: Labour ministers moved by Andy Burnham’s emotional conference speech
🔮 He may as well have walked across the stage with his feet crunching over the debris of shattered Ming vases. assertive
2026-10-05 · The Guardian
Conservatives propose £10bn ‘Britannia Shield’ inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome
🔮 The Conservatives will announce plans to build a £10bn British “Iron Dome” similar to Israel’s air and missile defence system, which the party will christen “Britannia Shield” in an announcement at conference on Tuesday. assertive
2026-10-06 · The Guardian
Chancellor plans major intervention to help poorer UK households with rising energy bills
🔮 John Healey is considering a major intervention to cut energy bills for poorer households at this month’s budget, after ministers became alarmed at forecasts which show bills rising by hundreds of pounds in January. assertive
2026-10-07 · The Guardian
‘All me’: Tory party riding high on Kemi Badenoch’s wave of popularity
🔮 “Your viewers will know that sometimes you have a football team that’s disappointing,” the Tory leader told GB News. assertive
2026-10-07 · The Guardian
Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
🔮 The JRF predicts that, after housing costs, average household incomes will be between £440 and £770 lower in real terms in 2029-30 than when Labour came to power two years ago. assertive
2026-10-10 · The Guardian
‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget
🔮 But will this prime minister be able to provide them? assertive
2026-10-19 · The Guardian
Minister says Mahmood’s migration policy will ‘prolong integration’
🔮 The energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, appears to have criticised Shabana Mahmood’s migration policy in a post on her constituency website, in which she suggested she had concerns that a longer settlement process could affect integration. assertive
2026-10-29 · The Guardian
Angry Labour MPs urge leadership not to overrule energy secretary on Rosebank
🔮 Catherine Fookes, a Labour member of the energy select committee, said: “Approving Rosebank will blow a hole in our green credentials. assertive
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