Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Economy/Business
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
On becoming Prime Minister, Andy Burnham promised a new economic model, bringing 'growth in every postcode and hope in every heart'.
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Burnham → become → heart
Is it possible his Chancellor didn't get the message?
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Chancellor → get → message
Instead of being a blueprint for national renewal, John Healey's first Budget yesterday was a holding statement, putting off every major decision facing the country.
With borrowing and debt soaring, a million young people idle, a deepening energy crisis and a black hole in defence funding, we hoped for radical action and fresh ideas.
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we → hold → action
Yet despite the tumultuous times, the Budget he served up was short on ambition and devoid of solutions.
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he → serve → solutions
He sprayed a few crowd-pleasing millions around the regions to pacify Labour backbenchers and offered more devolved funding for mayors (though whether they spend it wisely remains to be seen).
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they → spray → it
He announced the scrapping of standing charges on gas bills, an end to green levies and a £100 bung to help band A-D council taxpayers with energy costs this winter.
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He → announce → costs
But even these apparent handouts come with a sting in the tail.
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handouts → come → tail
On becoming Prime Minister, Andy Burnham promised a new economic model, bringing 'growth in every postcode and hope in every heart'
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Burnham → become → heart
Those standing charges will now be incorporated into overall bills, with some 40 per cent of customers paying more, the green levies will continue to be paid but out of general taxation, and the £100 bung will be swallowed up by a rise of nearly £300 in the average bill in January.
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bung → incorporate → January
It was hard to escape the feeling Mr Healey was throwing out these crumbs to distract from the massive problems he dared not face.
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he → escape → problems
Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts show debt and borrowing continuing to spiral over the next five years.
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debt → show → years
We currently borrow £109billion just to service existing debts and this is expected to rise to £130billion by 2029-30.
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this → borrow → 2029
That's more than the entire defence and schools budgets combined.
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That → combine → budgets
Yet far from tackling this terrifying debt pile, the Government goes on spending like a drunken sailor on shore leave.
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Government → tackle → leave
Labour should be planning to cut welfare spending – already £333billion a year and soon to top £360billion.
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Labour → plan → 360billion
Yet even the slightest benefit reform is vehemently opposed by Labour MPs, and Mr Burnham clearly has no appetite to take them on.
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Burnham → oppose → them
Then we come to the defence of the realm.
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we → come → realm
Just a few months ago, Mr Healey resigned as defence secretary, hastening Sir Keir Starmer's demise and Mr Burnham's ascent to Downing Street.
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Healey → resign → Street
He claimed to be quitting on principle because Sir Keir had failed to give a date by which UK military spending would be increased to 3 per cent of GDP, thereby making the country less safe.
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country → claim → GDP
As Chancellor, he had the power to rectify that yesterday but instead kicked the decision into the long grass.
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he → have → grass
By his own standard, he is imperilling national security.
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he → imperille → security
Taken as a whole, this Budget accentuates the feeling that Mr Burnham and his Chancellor are out of their depth – tinkering around the fringes but deferring all the hard decisions.
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Burnham → take → decisions
As Kemi Badenoch put it yesterday, their fiscal policies are 'not good enough, not strong enough, not bold enough'.
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policies → put → it
A cap on bus fares, minuscule cuts to energy bills and a few pence off a jar of gherkins do not constitute an economic plan.
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cap → constitute → plan
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