Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
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0 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Badenoch has ‘instructed lawyers’ to challenge cuts to Tory-run London council
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Badenoch → instruct → council
Mrs Badenoch said: “I think it is outrageous that Wandsworth Council is having to put up council tax.
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Council → say → tax
But they’re not doing it because they want to.
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they → do → it
“It is because the government has taken away 40% of their funding.
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government → take → funding
So we have actually instructed lawyers, as the Conservative Party, to see if we can challenge the Government on this decision.
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we → instruct → decision
“Because what it looks like Labour is doing is taking money from areas that don’t vote Labour and giving it to places that do vote Labour.
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that → look → Labour
“And I think that’s completely wrong.
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that → think → ?
I think it is outrageous.
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it → think → ?
So we’re talking to lawyers.
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we → talk → lawyers
Wandsworth, which has historically had very low council tax, is one of a handful of councils that have been granted two-year “funding realignment powers”, which enables them to increase council tax beyond the 5% threshold.
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which → have → threshold
Mrs Badenoch said: “I think if you suddenly have a nearly 100% increase in your council tax, you would be extremely worried.
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you → say → tax
“Families have budgets.
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Families → have → budgets
Just because on average it’s lower than somewhere else doesn’t mean that people are going to be able to afford it.
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people → ’ → it
“We have to do the right thing.
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We → have → thing
And what I would ask Andy Burnham is if he thinks it’s so easy to find 40% of cuts why hasn’t he done that with the welfare bill?”
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he → ask → bill
She added: “Right now it’s about the principle of it: that you don’t just take money from areas because they’re not voting for you and give them elsewhere.
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they → add → them
That’s the principle that we are challenging.”
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we → ’ → that
Mrs Badenoch insisted the Conservatives “would never” slash council budgets by 40% because they were voting Labour.
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they → insist → Labour
Wandsworth was Conservative-run from 1978 to 2022, when it flipped to Labour.
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it → run → Labour
It ended up with no overall control in this year’s local elections, with the Tories scaping by as the largest party with 29 councillors to Labour’s 28.
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Tories → end → 28
The Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government has been contacted for comment.
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Department → contact → comment
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