Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
2 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans right
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Publisher signals
65/100
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Healey plans to slash ‘pointless paperwork’ in bid to save businesses £800m
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Healey → plan → m
The Chancellor has set out plans to cut back on “form-filling and pointless paperwork” that aim to cut some £800 million worth of red tape for businesses.
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that → set → businesses
They are part of efforts to cut back the regulatory admin businesses are required to do by 25% by the end of this Parliament.
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businesses → cut → Parliament
Streamlined reporting requirements are expected to save £290 million; easing “duplicative reporting burdens” for asset managers £105 million; and cutting red tape for buying and selling homes £116 million for businesses in the transaction chain.
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requirements → expect → chain
Extending tariff suspensions on more than 250 products is due to save up to £155 million, according to the Treasury.
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Extending → extend → Treasury
The pausing of import tariffs across sectors including chemicals, plastics, automotive and food and beverages was due to expire at the end of December but is being extended for another year.
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pausing → include → year
The remainder of the cost-saving measures will be set out in the Budget.
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remainder → save → Budget
Mr Burnham said: “If you run a business, you want to spend your time serving your customers, creating jobs and growing your firm, not filling in unnecessary forms.
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you → say → forms
“It’s not right that pointless bureaucracy gets in the way of people working hard to build something that matters to their high street.
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that → ’ → street
“So we’re getting government off their backs and giving businesses the breathing space to grow.
“Because when businesses succeed, they create good jobs, strengthen their communities and bring growth to every part of the country.”
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they → get → country
Mr Healey said: “British firms are fed up with form-filling and pointless paperwork that eats into valuable time and money when they simply want to get on with running their businesses.
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they → say → businesses
“That is why we are cutting unnecessary bureaucracy and giving businesses the breathing space they need to invest, innovate and create good jobs.”
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they → cut → jobs
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UK government borrowing rose by more than expected to £24.5 billion for last month, underscoring the constraints in the public finances ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget.
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borrowing → read → Budget
Mr Healey is expected to increase bank taxes as higher borrowing costs weigh down on fiscal headroom.
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costs → expect → headroom
He has rejected calls to hike capital gains tax at the Budget, amid concerns it could hamper economic growth.
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it → reject → growth
But despite warnings from business and the Conservatives, Labour pushed ahead with Angela Rayner’s union-inspired, 330-page Unemployment Act, which is only making the situation worse and has created a youth jobs emergency.
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situation → push → emergency
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