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Labour promise not to raise corporation tax if elected

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    50% 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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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "Globally,140 countries agreed to impose global minimum corporate tax of 15% in 2021.
51% : Labour has pledged not to increase corporation tax if elected, as part of a drive to win business support ahead of the general election.
51% : Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said she would cap the tax at 25% but could cut it to boost "competitiveness".
48% : "I have heard time and time again from businesses that what they want is stability - including when it comes to tax," he said.Corporation tax is a levy of all company profits for firms making more than £250,000.
34% : The Conservatives have criticised Labour's business credentials - pointing out that the shadow cabinet contains no entrepreneurs - and accused the party of changing stance on economy.

*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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