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Accessibility statement

What was tested, what was found, and what has not been tested at all.

What we aim for

This site is built to meet WCAG 2.2 level AA. That is the standard behind the Equality Act in the UK and the European Accessibility Act, and meeting it is how we show the question was taken seriously.

What was checked, and when

On every page was run through an automated accessibility check and the colours were measured arithmetically rather than judged by eye. Four things were found and all four were fixed:

The site is dark throughout; there is no light theme and no theme switch. Every text and background pair it paints measures at least 5.17 to 1, against a 4.5 to 1 requirement.

What has not been tested

This matters more than the list above. An automated check finds roughly half of accessibility problems. The engine most of the industry uses was measured against 300,000 real issues and covered about 57 per cent of them. The rest needs a person, and no person has tested this site yet.

So specifically, and to be plain about it:

None of that means the site is inaccessible. It means we have not proved that it is not, and saying otherwise would be a claim we cannot support.

Reporting a barrier

If something here shuts you out, please tell us. There are two routes, on purpose, because the thing you are reporting might be one of them:

We aim to reply within five working days. Tell us what you were trying to do, and what happened instead. You do not need to know the name of the rule that was broken.

If we do not put it right

The Equality and Human Rights Commission enforces the Equality Act 2010 in England, Scotland and Wales. If you are unhappy with how we have responded, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service.

About this accessibility statement

Prepared on , based on the automated check and colour measurements described above. It will be reviewed when the site next changes.