Jeremy Hunt's pre-election giveaways won't compensate for a lost decade

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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"According to the Office for National Statistics, average weekly wages adjusted for inflation, despite a recent uptick, are around the same level as in 2008."
Positive
8% Conservative
"[See also: To save the NHS, the Chancellor should pay doctors properly]The Autumn Statement raised benefits in line with inflation, which generous souls will say had nothing to do with the threat of a Red Wall revolt against press-trailed real-terms cuts, coupled with stealthy tax rises on workers and cuts to inheritance tax."
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4% Conservative
"At that level of taxation, we might expect ambulances to turn up within an hour of emergency calls, or for public transport to run on time, or for police to respond to a burglary."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Public services are demonstrably worse after a decade in which the public realm has been starved of investment."
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-22% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : According to the Office for National Statistics, average weekly wages adjusted for inflation, despite a recent uptick, are around the same level as in 2008.
52% : [See also: To save the NHS, the Chancellor should pay doctors properly]The Autumn Statement raised benefits in line with inflation, which generous souls will say had nothing to do with the threat of a "Red Wall revolt" against press-trailed real-terms cuts, coupled with stealthy tax rises on workers and cuts to inheritance tax.
52% : At that level of taxation, we might expect ambulances to turn up within an hour of emergency calls, or for public transport to run on time, or for police to respond to a burglary.
39% : Public services are demonstrably worse after a decade in which the public realm has been starved of investment.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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