Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
20%
5 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans strongly right
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
68/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
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80
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Full credit to Andy Burnham for keeping a straight face yesterday as he claimed to be working ‘flat out’ to reduce the benefits bill.
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he → keep → bill
Even Labour diehards must realise that nothing could be further from the truth.
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nothing → realise → truth
If it wasn’t clear before this week’s Budget, it is now glaringly obvious that neither the Prime Minister nor John Healey has the resolve to grasp the welfare nettle.
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Minister → have → nettle
Yet, presumably rattled by the almost universally negative reaction to the Chancellor’s failure to announce any cuts, both men were quick to make soothing noises.
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men → rattle → noises
Unfortunately for them, on the very same day Downing Street and the Treasury slapped down any prospect of remedial measures before the next election.
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Street → slap → election
Nor was there much cause for cheer as further details emerged from the post-Budget analysis.
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details → emerge → analysis
The Left-leaning Resolution Foundation estimates that households will be more than £1,000 worse off in the next two years.
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households → lean → years
It also described the £100 cut to energy charges - which will be eaten up by average bill increases of almost £300 in January - as ‘terribly badly targeted’.
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which → describe → January
According to an Institute for Fiscal Studies warning, the Government could be forced to fill a £28billion hole in the public finances by 2030.
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Government → accord → 2030
Its director Helen Miller said she is ‘no wiser’ about how the Chancellor expects to reach the defence spending target of 3 per cent of GDP by 2030.
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Chancellor → say → 2030
Full credit to Andy Burnham for keeping a straight face yesterday as he claimed to be working ‘flat out’ to reduce the benefits bill
Regardless of what Messrs Burnham and Healey say, it is looking increasingly unlikely that any shortfall will be made up in even the medium term through welfare reform.
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shortfall → keep → reform
They have already insulted hard-working Britons by ignoring the Benefits Street culture.
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They → insult → culture
Now they are insulting our intelligence by pretending to be as concerned about it as the rest of us.
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they → insult → us
It hardly takes a clairvoyant to work out that releasing prisoners early will result in an increase in crime statistics.
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releasing → take → statistics
Official figures now back up what anyone could have told Labour more than two years ago.
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anyone → back → Labour
Following the introduction of the Government’s first early-release scheme in September 2024, 46,459 new offences were committed by individuals freed from jail between October and December that year.
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offences → follow → October
To no one’s great surprise, initial signs from the new early-release programme - which came into effect earlier this month and is expected to free 50,000 felons per year - strongly suggest similar patterns of reoffending.
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which → come → reoffending
Throwing open jail doors is not the answer to overcrowding in the penal system.
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Throwing → throw → system
The best way to tackle the crime epidemic is by providing enough custodial places to guarantee all sentences are served in full.
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sentences → tackle → places
As Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy has put it: ‘Prison works.’
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Prison → put → it
As the latest phase of Angela Rayner’s hardline Employment Rights Act comes into effect, the so-called ‘banter ban’ applies in workplaces from today.
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ban → come → today
Under its provisions, employers will be expected to police comments that could offend staff.
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that → expect → staff
Those expected to be most affected include pub landlords ensuring customers don’t upset bartenders or fellow drinkers with inappropriate remarks.
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customers → expect → remarks
With that in mind, anyone heading for a pint to escape the post-Budget blues should watch their tongue.
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anyone → head → tongue
But they might want to hurry while there are still some pubs left that haven’t succumbed to Labour’s onslaught on the hospitality industry…
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that → want → industry
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