Rishi Sunak waters down climate policies, citing need to avoid public 'backlash'
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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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"He weakened plans to strip out polluting gas and oil boilers and scrapped policies forcing landlords to upgrade the energy efficiency of homes." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
"Mr Sunak insisted he was standing by the legally binding goal of hitting net zero by 2050 despite making changes including:- Delaying the ban on new cars and vans ruing solely on petrol and diesel from 2030 to 2035- Weakening the plan to phase out gas boilers from 2035 so households that will struggle the most to switch to heat pumps will not have to make the switch- Putting back the ban on boilers relying on heating oil in off-grid homes from 2026 to 2035- Scrapping policies to force landlords to upgrade the energy efficiency of their properties, instead seeking to encourage them to make the switch." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
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51% : He weakened plans to strip out polluting gas and oil boilers and scrapped policies forcing landlords to upgrade the energy efficiency of homes.47% : "Mr Sunak insisted he was standing by the legally binding goal of hitting net zero by 2050 despite making changes including:- Delaying the ban on new cars and vans running solely on petrol and diesel from 2030 to 2035- Weakening the plan to phase out gas boilers from 2035 so households that will struggle the most to switch to heat pumps will not have to make the switch- Putting back the ban on boilers relying on heating oil in off-grid homes from 2026 to 2035- Scrapping policies to force landlords to upgrade the energy efficiency of their properties, instead seeking to encourage them to make the switch.
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