Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
17%
4 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
68/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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Economy/Business
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Millions of households will get £100 off their energy bills this winter – but will still end up paying hundreds more than in previous years.
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Millions → get → years
Chancellor John Healey announced the measure which he said would help 20million households in council tax bands A-D – half of all homes.
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he → announce → homes
But energy experts predict the price cap will rise by nearly £300 in January due to wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, wiping out any savings.
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cap → predict → savings
The energy price cut will be taken off council tax this winter and will cost £2.6billion to provide households with what the Chancellor called ‘breathing space’.
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Chancellor → take → what
Mr Healey also announced that standing charges on gas bills would be scrapped and shifted to the unit rate, saving 60per cent of households an average of £45 off their annual bill.
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charges → announce → bill
He signalled that he will look into removing the fixed daily fees on electricity as well.
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he → signal → electricity
Gas standing charges are added to bills, regardless of how much gas a customer uses, and cost around £108 per year for a typical household.
John Healey delivering his first Budget, pledging 'breathing space' for hard-pressed families
However, higher users like larger families, those who spend more time at home – like pensioners – and those without well-insulated properties will end up paying more.
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who → add → more
Campaigners have warned that the policy could end up costing more for those who it is aimed at, including vulnerable households.
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it → warn → households
‘Higher unit rates mean people in badly insulated homes, larger families or those who need to keep the heating on to manage a health condition, could end up paying more,’ Craig Lowrey of energy consultancy Cornwall Insight said.
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Lowrey → mean → Insight
‘Some of them are the same vulnerable households this policy is meant to help.’
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policy → mean → them
Elsewhere, Mr Healey employed the same technique used by his predecessor Rachel Reeves to move costs like green levies off bills and on to general taxation.
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Healey → employ → taxation
It allows Labour to claim energy bills are lower – but it means the cost will be borne by those who pay more tax rather than bills.
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who → allow → tax
He announced that a levy to fund hydrogen projects will be removed from energy bills and shifted to general taxation.
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levy → announce → taxation
A Conservative Party spokesman said Mr Healey had moved charges ‘from one pot to another’, adding: ‘They are essentially robbing Peter to pay Paul.’
The previously announced VAT cut on electricity bills will also be extended to July, taking £50 off the annual price cap, the Chancellor said.
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Chancellor → say → cap
Mr Healey also used the Budget to signal a change in direction on Labour’s previous energy policy under former energy secretary Ed Miliband.
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Healey → use → Miliband
While he said the Government would achieve Net Zero by 2050, he said the priority from now on would be getting prices down.
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prices → say → 2050
‘From this point, our Labour government priority is first and foremost cheaper energy, with clean power key to achieving this,’ he told MPs.
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he → achieve → MPs
He said ministers would only back new clean power projects if they reduced bills and could connect to the grid, suggesting cost rather than the deadline would drive decisions.
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cost → say → decisions
Mr Healey did not mention Labour’s clean power by 2030 pledge which has been widely criticised, including by Tony Blair’s think tank.
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which → mention → tank
The Tories said it had all but been abandoned with the shift in policy, saying: ‘Coming out of this budget that looks incredibly shaky.’
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that → say → budget
It came as the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) warned that higher energy prices will increase inflation and prompt a slowdown in economic growth next year.
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prices → come → growth
Energy bills have skyrocketed in recent years and are set to rise by hundreds of pounds again this winter.
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bills → skyrocket → pounds
The OBR said inflation is set to rise to a peak of around 3.75per cent by the start of next year, particularly driven by a jump in household energy bills in January.
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inflation → say → January
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