Single customer view | FSCS

Protect your money with FSCS podcast | FSCS

Fortnightly financial #43 | FSCS

Contact us | FSCS

Beaufort clients warned of potential scam | FSCS

Industry resources | FSCS

News & updates | FSCS

Crypto assets - wild west finance or a force for good? | FSCS

How long will my claim take? | FSCS

Top 6 things people get wrong about FSCS | FSCS

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

January 2026

December 2025

Financial Services Compensation Scheme

Title / URL	Issues
Single customer view \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/industry-resources/single-customer-view/	4
Protect your money with FSCS podcast \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/news/podcasts/?page=6	1
Fortnightly financial #43 \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/news/fscs-news/fortnightly-financial-43/	1
Contact us \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/contact-us-old/	1
Beaufort clients warned of potential scam \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/news/fraud/beaufort-client-scam/	1
Industry resources \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/industry-resources/	1
News & updates \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/news/	1
Crypto assets - wild west finance or a force for good? \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/news/technology/crypto-wild-west-or-good/	1
How long will my claim take? \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/making-a-claim/claims-process/timescales/	1
Top 6 things people get wrong about FSCS \| FSCSwww.fscs.org.uk/news/podcasts/episode43/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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