Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
65/100
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He is pressing ahead with major reforms to the Treasury “rule book” to drive investment out of the capital to the regions and is changing the discount rate on which the value of transport, housing and social infrastructure projects is assessed.
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value → press → transport
This is about growth in every postcode,” he wrote.
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he → write → postcode
Small business owners finally being able to expand.
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owners → expand → ?
Town centres and high streets seeing new life.”
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centres → see → life
Mr Healey added: “Britain already has the strengths it needs to succeed – global financial centres, cutting-edge science and technology, world-class universities, and communities full of ambition.
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it → add → ambition
So the question is: What’s stopping us?
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What → stop → us
“Tomorrow I’ll set out my plan to deliver good growth in every postcode by making the most of Britain’s strengths.
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I → set → strengths
“We’re putting mayors, local government, entrepreneurs and investors at the heart of this plan.”
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We → put → plan
He warned this could be tough, as US President Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East affects the UK economy.
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war → warn → economy
Economists have predicted that the fiscal buffer Rachel Reeves built up in her last budget, through a combination of tax rises and departmental spending cuts, will be squeezed by the inflationary pressures of ongoing global turmoil.
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Reeves → predict → turmoil
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Londoners are set to bear the brunt of a number of tax rises in the coming months.
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Londoners → read → months
The Labour government has slashed central funding for Wandsworth, Westminster, Hammersmith and Fulham, the City of London and Kensington and Chelsea council, effectively forcing them to significantly raise their low council tax levels next year or drastically cut services.
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government → slash → services
The Chancellor told the FT: “What’s happening in the Middle East is hitting inflation, it’s hitting growth, it’s hitting borrowing costs.”
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it → tell → costs
He added: “It’s part of a more dangerous world that is more uncertain and it’s one of the challenges we have to meet in this country, but have to meet with other (countries).”
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we → add → countries
Former Tory PM and Chancellor Rishi Sunak warned Mr Healey must cut spending in his first Budget next month rather than hiking taxes.
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Healey → warn → taxes
He argued that the move should be signalled in advance to calm shaky money markets.
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move → argue → markets
Mr Sunak wrote in The Sunday Times: “He should make clear that he’ll not increase taxes in the budget and that if adjustments need to be made, he’ll cut spending.
“That would provide the certainty needed in an increasingly uncertain world.”
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That → write → world
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