Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Publisher signals
67/100
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A £55m loan to Manchester City’s Abu Dhabi owner will be investigated as part of a review into a fund for housing projects while Andy Burnham was mayor.
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Burnham → investigate → projects
The prime minister has faced weeks of scrutiny over his links to Manchester City’s super-rich owners after the club was found guilty of boosting its income by £900m in a nine-year breach of financial rules.
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club → face → rules
Burnham, the former Greater Manchester mayor, was accused of siding with the Abu Dhabi owners after the “unprecedented” rule breach, when he said they had been “such a huge partner in the building of modern Manchester” and that he would be “really concerned” to lose them from the sport.
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he → accuse → sport
He could now face more uncomfortable questions after councillors in Greater Manchester said they planned to investigate loans made to property companies while he was mayor.
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he → face → companies
In 2017, three companies ultimately controlled by the Manchester City owner, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the vice-president and deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, were loaned £55m as part of a fund operated by Burnham’s Greater Manchester combined authority (GMCA).
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companies → control → authority
The loans were to help finance a major housing development called Manchester Life, which promised to create 6,000 homes in an “unprecedented” opportunity for the city.
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which → help → city
GMCA said the loans had been repaid in full but has not disclosed the interest rate or why Sheikh Mansour, as a scion of one of the world’s wealthiest families, would have been eligible.
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Mansour → say → families
It emerged last week that Burnham had met City’s owners while enjoying hospitality from the club at its Etihad Stadium weeks before the loans were approved.
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loans → emerge → Stadium
That meeting later disappeared from public records before it came to light last week, prompting the prime minister to ask GMCA to carry out a “manual trawl” of his meetings to ensure “full transparency”.
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it → disappear → transparency
John Leech, a Liberal Democrat councillor in Manchester, said the fund – which has handed out £1bn to 50 separate developers since 2015 – would be investigated by GMCA’s overview and scrutiny committee, which he chairs.
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he → say → which
Leech told the BBC the approval process for loans had been criticised as “very opaque in the past and that it’s not necessarily been clearly understood why X was successful and Y wasn’t”.
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Y → tell → past
He said it was “not unreasonable” to ask why seemingly successful businesses needed to borrow public money through this loan scheme.
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businesses → say → scheme
“In the case of Abu Dhabi, you would imagine that they wouldn’t have any problem accessing funds from elsewhere as well,” he said.
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he → imagine → funds
“And so the process clearly does seem to be out of kilter with what the original stated aims were back in 2015.”
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aims → seem → 2015
He added: “We just want to be clear that there is a transparent rather than an opaque process”.
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We → add → ?
Downing Street declined to comment.
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Street → decline → ?
A GMCA spokesperson said it was supporting Leech’s overview and scrutiny committee with its inquiries.
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it → say → inquiries
They said the fund had built 11,000 new homes and was contributing “billions of pounds worth of development at no cost to the taxpayer”.
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fund → say → taxpayer
GMCA added: “Decisions to grant loans from the fund are taken publicly.
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Decisions → add → fund
Not a single viable scheme was ever turned down and funds were lent to around 50 different developers.
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funds → turn → developers
“The fund is open to all developers, with lending criteria based on parameters set by the government and developed with external financial experts to reflect due diligence standards in the private sector.”
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fund → base → sector
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