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BBC Article Rating

No plan to plug £770m disability benefits gap - watchdog

  • Bias Rating
  • Reliability

    40% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    20% Somewhat Right

  • Politician Portrayal

    -57% Negative

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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19% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : It commended the progress that the Scottish government and Social Security Scotland have made in delivering ADP to ensure claimants are treated with dignity, fairness and respect.
49% : The report from Audit Scotland says the Scottish government has not yet set out a detailed strategy for how it will manage the forecasted gap between social security funding and spending within its overall budget. ADP accounts for the largest part of the benefits gap.
48% : The Scottish Fiscal Commission said the funding gap for devolved social security spending is predicted to reach £2bn by 2029/30.

*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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