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(“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is
not a fault: it is often careful sourcing.
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a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more
about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned.
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🔮 The Met Office's Fire Severity Index, external shows that if a wildfire was to occur, it would have a "high" fire severity in most of south-east England and some of the Midlands. assertive
🔮 Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat said the US president was trying to appeal to voters at home by making comments about the British overseas territory in the Atlantic Ocean and saying he would "love" to see a united Ireland. assertive
🔮 The original agreement would see the UK cede sovereignty of the territory to Mauritius and pay an average of £101m ($136m) per year to lease back a joint UK-US military base there, prized for its strategic location in the Indian Ocean. assertive
🔮 He announced the expansion of a Local Apprenticeships Service for mayors in England, which he said would deliver thousands more apprenticeships for young people. assertive
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Andy Burnham has said he would be "really concerned" if Manchester City's owners decide to sell up after the club was found guilty of Premier League financial rule breaches. assertive
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The Conservatives have said they would introduce new work requirements for under-25s claiming benefits in a "tough love" approach to youth joblessness. assertive
🔮 The prime minister said on Wednesday he would be "really concerned" if the club's owners decide to sell up after City was found guilty by an independent commission of most of the 115 charges they faced. assertive
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Zack Polanski is set to call for a three-year "emergency brake" on private rent increases when he opens the Green Party's conference later. assertive
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Zack Polanski has said he will not accept anyone being excluded from the Green Party "because of the religious or communal body they are part of", after members adopted a motion declaring Zionism a form of racism. assertive
🔮 Branding it "Britannia Shield", the party said it would spend up to £10bn over a decade on an integrated network of radar, command and control systems, as well as interceptor missiles. assertive
🔮 The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it recognised that "many Jewish people will be feeling vulnerable" following the motion, passed at the party's conference earlier this month. assertive
🔮 Describing Number 10 North's second focus of growth, Parish told local leaders: "We're here to unblock issues that may have become stalled or where boundaries within government end up being a hindrance." assertive
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Military planes and helicopters will be drafted in to tackle wildfires, Prime Minister Andy Burnham is to tell the UK's first summit on the issue. assertive
🔮 Earlier this month, Narayan warned it was likely the UK's cyber defences will at some point be breached, after a rogue OpenAI agent hacked an Australian government website in June. assertive
🔮 Earlier this week, he suggested he could call a referendum on the UK returning to EU freedom of movement, before No10 appeared to backtrack. assertive
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Andy Burnham has ruled out an early general election in the next 12 months, after opposition parties suggested one would be called.
The next UK general election must be held by August 2029, and there has been speculation that the prime minister is preparing for an earlier poll. assertive
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Foreign firms awarded large defence contracts will need to invest an equal value back into the UK to create "bang for the British buck", Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has announced. assertive
🔮 It is the latest sign of how pivotal the government outpost - designed as a sister office to London's Downing Street - may prove to Burnham's aim to devolve power across the country. assertive
🔮 Burnham will meet Commonwealth leaders on Tuesday, coming at the end of the King's Caribbean tour, with the prime minister saying he is "open" to the possibility of the UK formally apologising for its role in slavery. assertive
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The home secretary has declined to specify how much scrapping her plan to make foreign care workers already in the UK wait longer to qualify for permanent settlement will cost. assertive
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