Private rented housing

Cost of living support

Housing benefit

Community safety

Licensing notifications

Pest Control

Taxi licensing

Key manager contacts

Committees and meetings

Council tax

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

June 2025

May 2025

Amber Valley Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Private rented housingwww.ambervalley.gov.uk/housing/private-rented-housing/	2
Cost of living supportwww.ambervalley.gov.uk/community/cost-of-living-support/	2
Housing benefitwww.ambervalley.gov.uk/benefits/housing-benefit/	2
Community safetywww.ambervalley.gov.uk/community/community-safety/	2
Licensing notificationswww.ambervalley.gov.uk/licensing/licensing-notifications/	2
Pest Controlwww.ambervalley.gov.uk/environment/pest-control/	2
Taxi licensingwww.ambervalley.gov.uk/licensing/taxi-licensing/	2
Key manager contactswww.ambervalley.gov.uk/contact-us/key-manager-contacts/	2
Committees and meetingswww.ambervalley.gov.uk/council/committees-and-meetings/	2
Council taxwww.ambervalley.gov.uk/council-tax/	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Amber Valley Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred