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20
sentences that state something as happening or true
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10%
2 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Young people would be offered a guaranteed two-year job within four months of leaving education or training, under a new proposal unveiled by the Green Party.
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people → publish → Party
Announcing the policy at the party's conference in Brighton, co-deputy leader Mothin Ali said there were a million "bored, desperate and lost" young people who were out of work, training or education.
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who → announce → work
Under the proposed scheme, youngsters would be offered posts in the private sector, with the government paying half their salary.
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government → propose → salary
The Greens have not specified a budget for the policy, but have argued it would reduce spending on welfare and boost tax receipts from employment.
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it → specify → employment
The party says it would initially target the plan in areas with the fewest jobs openings for young people, citing Rotherham, Ceredigion, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Broxtowe and South Staffordshire, with an ambition to roll it out nationwide.
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Employers would be exempt from paying National Insurance contributions, but would have to provide in-job training, the party says.
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party → pay → training
The party is seeking to pitch the plan as more ambitious than the government's own scheme, which subsidises six-month job placements for benefit claimants who have been looking for work for 18 months.
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who → seek → months
Ali also criticised ministers for previously suggesting youngsters refusing a role under that scheme could lose access to benefits, telling activists: "Threatening young people with cuts to Universal Credit if they don't accept short-term work placements - that's not a youth strategy."
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that → criticise → placements
He added: "Working class kids should be able to dream.
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kids → add → ?
But more than dream, they should have a genuine chance of making those dreams a reality.
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dreams → have → chance
The number of 16-24-year-olds who are not in employment, education or training has been rising since the Covid pandemic, with figures reaching almost one million.
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figures → rise → million
A long-awaited report into the problem by former Labour minister Alan Milburn is expected to be published this autumn.
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report → await → Milburn
In her own speech to the conference, Ali's fellow co-deputy leader Rachel Millward said the Greens would immediately bring both Thames Water and South East Water back into public ownership.
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Greens → say → ownership
She argued this could be done without paying compensation to shareholders, pointing to water supply problems and a lack of new reservoirs.
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this → argue → reservoirs
Andy Burnham has promised to bring water under greater public control, but has stopped short of announcing plans to nationalise any water companies.
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Burnham → promise → companies
Millward told the conference the prime minister was "making a mistake" and his "10-year plan of gentle threats and vague notions of control is not enough".
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"We need public ownership now, and we have all the tools we need to make it happen," she said.
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she → need → tools
South East Water said it was "focused on delivering on our commitments by investing £1.9 billion into local infrastructure and resilience over the next five years.
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it → say → years
"We support working closely with the communities we serve and are accountable to, so that we can provide the best possible service for customers".
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we → support → customers
Thames Water has been approached for a response.
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Water → approach → response
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