ABOUT US

Introduction

News Hub Group, which runs Politics UK and Politics Global, is focused on delivering independent, impartial political news. Since our team of student volunteers took over in January 2023 under a revised format, we’ve had one goal: to get young people interested in politics. We do this by providing fast, clear, and engaging news to appeal to a younger audience, with 36% of our audience aged 16-14, and 27% aged 25-34.

Our team 

Our growth

Politics UK growth

In February 2023, Politics UK started to get recognised. Before that, our feed was mostly polls and here-and-there news tweets, not really helping us grow. We brought in new admins from X/Twitter, who started dropping political updates quicker than any other news outlet – all while keeping it short. And it worked – gaining 11.5K followers in two weeks from the already 30K following. Fast forward 7 months, we had over 100K followers. Now, in just over a year, we have over 300K followers.

Politics Global creation

Politics Global was launched in late April 2024, following the successful model of Politics UK, which began under a revised format in January 2023. Managed by a group of student admins from around the world, our aim is to engage young people with global politics through impartial, quick, and engaging news aggregation.

New projects

We have now launched our own news website, featuring original content on UK politics, global politics, and opinion pieces. This decision was taken to mark a significant step in establishing News Hub Group and Politics UK as contributors to original journalism, moving beyond our usual news aggregation.

Additionally, we’ve recently introduced the Politics UK weekly newsletter, The Newslines. This newsletter will cover what to expect in the coming week and much more. The Newslines will be run by our director, Bailey Nash-Gardner.

Who funds News Hub Group?

Our small group of admins mostly contribute to the account out of our own volition, often during breaks in our university or college studies, as a means to gain valuable experience in our respective postgraduate fields. Lately, X has introduced a monetisation scheme tied to any ads shown in the replies to the posts we create. While the returns are very small – roughly £200 each month – they are divided among all admins based on their level of output. But most importantly, admins engage in this as a fulfilling hobby rather than something to treat as a job or financial gain, but we do have a Patreon page with our own content offering, such as polling analysis and what’s coming up in the week ahead in politics. Alternatively, you can support us by donating through our Kofi page here

Editorial output & impartiality

Our editorial output is managed by a group of admins who work together on a volunteer basis. We curate tweets from journalists, assess their newsworthiness, and draft a short summary for fellow admins. This process allows other admins to provide feedback on potential impartiality breaches, ensuring that the editorial output is a collaborative effort rather than the product of a single individual. This approach helps to identify and minimise any unconscious bias in the content shared. Note: breaking news may skip this standard owing to immediacy.

The account is committed to using a variety of sources in our reporting. We have implemented an automatic monitoring system that records and tracks news sources which are shared on the account to ensure that we don’t rely too heavily on publications that are politically biased, such as The Telegraph. This allows us to maintain a diverse range of sources for our editorial output. However, it is important to note that left-leaning newspapers may publish more stories due to their connection with the current Labour government, which could result in some days featuring content predominantly from the same newspapers.

Regulation

To ensure impartiality in all editorial output provided by admins, Politics UK and Politics Global is regulated by IMPRESS. If you believe that the we are not upholding this standard, you are welcome to file a complaint on our website.