Council Tax and landlords | Haringey Council

Children's Libraries | Haringey Council

Streets, roads and travel | Haringey Council

Leaseholders | Haringey Council

Smoke disturbance | Haringey Council

Have your say | Haringey Council

Business rates | Haringey Council

Find a home | Haringey Council

Libraries | Haringey Council

Mobile apps | Haringey Council

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

February 2026

January 2026

London Borough of Haringey Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Council Tax and landlords \| Haringey Councilharingey.gov.uk/council-tax/council-tax-landlords	2
	Children's Libraries \| Haringey Councilharingey.gov.uk/libraries/childrens-libraries	2
	Streets, roads and travel \| Haringey Councilharingey.gov.uk/streets-roads-travel	2
	Leaseholders \| Haringey Councilharingey.gov.uk/housing/leaseholders	2
	Smoke disturbance \| Haringey Councilharingey.gov.uk/environment/smoke-disturbance	2
	Have your say \| Haringey Councilharingey.gov.uk/council-elections/have-your-say	2
	Business rates \| Haringey Councilharingey.gov.uk/business/business-rates	2
	Find a home \| Haringey Councilharingey.gov.uk/housing/find-a-home	2
	Libraries \| Haringey Councilharingey.gov.uk/libraries	2
	Mobile apps \| Haringey Councilharingey.gov.uk/contact/mobile-apps	2

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

London Borough of Haringey Council

Where this issue has occurred