Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
22%
4 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans strongly right
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
70/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Other
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The Probation Service could ‘collapse’ within weeks, union bosses warned tonight, after officers voted in favour of strikes.
uncertain
officers → collapse → strikes
Bosses of the National Association of Probation Officers (Napo) union said members had backed strikes in an official ballot amid a long-running dispute over pay and workloads.
asserted
members → say → pay
After Labour watered down anti-strike laws, unions now only have to give ten days’ notice of industrial action, meaning the first walkouts could soon get underway.
uncertain
walkouts → water → action
It is a major blow for Labour’s early release scheme, which is already putting huge pressure on probation officers by flooding them with thousands more cases.
asserted
which → put → cases
The scheme relies on probation officers to prevent people from reoffending while they serve the remainder of their sentence in the community.
asserted
they → rely → community
Thousands more prisoners, including killers, paedophiles and other violent thugs are set to be freed early in the coming months under the scheme.
asserted
prisoners → include → scheme
The latest batch of 650 convicts was freed early on Tuesday.
asserted
batch → free → Tuesday
Napo bosses warned industrial action would put a system already at ‘breaking point’ under further strain and could put the public and victims at risk as a result.
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action → warn → result
A released prisoner leaves HMP Wandsworth prison in south London as part of Labour's controversial early release scheme designed to tackle prison overcrowding
Chairman Ben Cockburn told the Mail: 'I presume that it would collapse relatively quickly.’
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it → release → Mail
Napo members had been voting on whether to launch full-on walkouts and industrial action short of a strike, which would involve refusing to work overtime.
asserted
which → vote → overtime
They voted in favour of both.
asserted
They → vote → both
Mr Cockburn said the latter action could have more impact because the understaffed system is heavily reliant on officers working overtime.
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officers → say → overtime
He added: ‘You’re talking about the loss collectively of thousands, if not potentially hundreds of thousands, of working hours.
‘The service is past breaking point and is only being sustained by good will.
asserted
service → add → will
The public’s already at risk now.'
asserted
public → ’ → risk
As well as a solution to reduce current workload levels, the union is demanding a 12 per cent pay increase for members.
asserted
union → reduce → members
It has snubbed an offer of 5 per cent.
asserted
It → snub → cent
On pay, 85 per cent of Napo members voted in favour of action short of strikes while 74 per cent backed full-on walkouts.
asserted
cent → vote → walkouts
On workloads, they voted 87 per cent and 75 per cent in favour respectively.
asserted
they → vote → favour
The Aporia
