Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Centre
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
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Andy Burnham has raised fresh doubts about Heathrow Airport expansion as he refused to echo the Chancellor's support.
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he → raise → support
The PM insisted he would not 'pre-judge' the decision on the project despite John Healey saying the Government is 'behind' it.
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Government → insist → it
The comments come amid behind-the-scenes wrangling over the proposals - with no timetable yet set for a Commons vote.
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves were strongly supportive of the third runway plans to boost the economy, but Mr Burnham has struck a distinctly ambivalent tone since entering No10.
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Burnham → come → No10
He has a long record of attacks on the idea.
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He → have → idea
In January last year, when he was still mayor of Greater Manchester, Mr Burnham labelled the expansion a 'model for an ever-overheating UK economy'.
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Burnham → label → economy
He warned it could not come at the 'expense of essential investment in northern infrastructure'.
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it → warn → infrastructure
Andy Burnham has raised fresh doubts about Heathrow Airport expansion as he refused to echo the Chancellor's support
Bosses at the airport are seeking to obtain permission to build a full-length, 3,500-metre runway (artist's impression)
Asked earlier this week what assessment had been made by the Treasury of the economic benefits of a third runway, Mr Healey told MPs: 'So the Government is behind a third runway at Heathrow, I'm part of the Government.
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I → raise → Government
In terms of the assessment following the consultation period, that's not led by the Treasury.
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that → follow → Treasury
That's led by the Department for Transport, and the Government is working through the responses and the further update information we've got from that.'
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we → lead → that
Separately, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told a conference that ministers were 'moving Heaven and Earth' to get the scheme going and it would be a 'shot in the arm' for the South East.
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it → tell → East
'Well, there's a consultation that has been taking place,' the PM said.
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PM → be → place
'Obviously looking at all the replies, there is a process under way within Government where a final decision will be taken, and I can't pre-judge it.'
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I → look → it
Mr Healey, Ms Alexander and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds are viewed as the main champions of the Heathrow project in Cabinet.
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Healey → view → Cabinet
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and Net Zero Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh are said to be far more sceptical.
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Miliband → say → ?
The Government is considering responses to a consultation on the national planning statement, with a Commons vote anticipated next year.
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Government → consider → vote
However, a senior Government source insisted no timetable has been fixed.
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timetable → insist → ?
Heathrow Airport Limited wants to obtain permission to build a full-length, 3,500-metre runway, which would require moving the M25 motorway.
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which → want → motorway
Ms Reeves said in June that she was determined to get 'spades in the ground' for the third runway in the current Parliament and aimed to finish the project by 2035.
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she → say → 2035
However, there are now suggestions that 2039 is likely to be the earliest possible year for completion, with hopes that planning permission will be finalised in 2029.
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permission → be → 2029
In 2018 Mr Burnham said: 'I'm against a third runway at Heathrow because of the need to limit national levels of aviation.
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I → say → aviation
We should use spare capacity at Manchester and Birmingham instead.'
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We → use → Manchester
The following year he warned that the expansion would 'trap infrastructure spending inside the M25 for ten years'.
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expansion → warn → years
Chancellor John Healey insisted earlier this week that the Government is 'behind' the project, despite the PM taking a non-committal stance
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PM → insist → stance
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