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Newspaper headlines: 'Balancing the books on backs of poor' and 'tax rise fears'

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70% Informative

The Daily Mail calls the Spring Statement ' humiliating' and the Sun calls it a 'bombshell' The Daily Mirror says the Trades Union Congress has "slammed" the benefit cuts as "the wrong call" The Daily Express says the tax burden is to hit a record high because of her actions.

The Daily Telegraph says further tax rises could be needed within months .

VR Score

64

Informative language

57

Neutral language

51

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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24

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