Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
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15%
3 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Politics
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has refused to say whether he backs a third runway at Heathrow after it emerged that the expansion of the London airport could be delayed by up to four years.
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expansion → publish → years
Burnham - who, as Mayor of Greater Manchester, opposed the project - told Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg: "I think principally, it's a matter for London and Londoners."
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it → oppose → London
He added: "I think we ought to hear the voice of people there first.
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we → add → people
It's not right for me to just jump straight in on the back of the consultation."
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me → jump → consultation
Former Chancellor Rachel Reeves had championed the runway to boost the economy, with a schedule to open by 2035 but Heathrow indicated on Saturday it may not be operational before 2039.
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it → champion → 2039
As Manchester's mayor, Burnham had been against the project over concerns that it would delay investment in transport for the north.
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it → delay → north
When he took office, he said he was "open-minded" about the scheme.
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he → take → scheme
As he prepared for his first annual Labour Party conference as prime minister, Burnham said: "There's a consultion but there are different views and you have to take those views seriously in coming to a decision."
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you → prepare → decision
In response, Heathrow said: "We agree with the prime minister that local voices must be heard.
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voices → say → minister
We know from consistent polling over the last decade that communities support our plans for expansion and support is only growing over time."
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support → know → time
The project, estimated to cost £33bn, has attracted opposition from environmental campaigners and local resident groups as well as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
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project → estimate → London
A third runway would mean demolishing hundreds of homes, diverting rivers and rerouting a section of the M25 motorway through a tunnel.
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runway → mean → tunnel
But it is estimated it would create 100,000 jobs and provide a major boost to the UK economy.
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it → estimate → economy
The number of flights from the site, currently capped at 480,000 a year, could go up to 720,000, or nearly 2,000 a day on average.
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number → cap → 720,000
A new runway has been backed by the unions Unite and the GMB.
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runway → back → unions
Sharon Graham, Unite's general secretary said: "A third runway at Heathrow is essential and we need to get going with it.
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we → say → it
It's about investing in the workforce, securing the future of good, unionised jobs and a guaranteed market for UK steel."
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It → invest → steel
Earlier this weekend, Heathrow conceded that meeting the original deadline would be increasingly difficult without further steps to simplify the planning process.
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meeting → concede → process
It said it hoped to secure planning permission by 2029 and then open the runway "within a decade".
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it → say → decade
The Department for Transport said the timeline had "always been ambitious" and it would continue to work with stakeholders "at pace" on the matter.
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it → say → matter
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