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UK Universal Credit Cuts to Impact Severely Disabled People
The UK government plans universal credit cuts, impacting severely disabled people despite claims of protection; a clause shielding the most severely disabled will only apply if a condition is constant, potentially leaving many without support and facing a yearly loss of approximately \£3,000.
UK Universal Credit Cuts to Impact Severely Disabled People
The UK government plans universal credit cuts, impacting severely disabled people despite claims of protection; a clause shielding the most severely disabled will only apply if a condition is constant, potentially leaving many without support and facing a yearly loss of approximately \£3,000.
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48% Bias Score
Lifetime ISA: Financial Hardship and Calls for Reform
The UK's Lifetime ISA (LISA), designed to help under-40s save for their first home or retirement, faces criticism for its 6.25% early withdrawal penalty and inflexible £450,000 property limit, creating financial hardship and discouraging participation among lower-income groups, leading to calls for ...
Lifetime ISA: Financial Hardship and Calls for Reform
The UK's Lifetime ISA (LISA), designed to help under-40s save for their first home or retirement, faces criticism for its 6.25% early withdrawal penalty and inflexible £450,000 property limit, creating financial hardship and discouraging participation among lower-income groups, leading to calls for ...
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56% Bias Score
Singapore's New Stamp Duty Measures Trigger Developer Share Price Drop
Singapore's government raised stamp duty for investors selling private homes within four years, effective July 7th, 2024, causing share prices of major developers to fall and aiming to curb increasing subsales—transactions of uncompleted homes for quick profit—that rose from 198 in 2020 to 1428 in 2...
Singapore's New Stamp Duty Measures Trigger Developer Share Price Drop
Singapore's government raised stamp duty for investors selling private homes within four years, effective July 7th, 2024, causing share prices of major developers to fall and aiming to curb increasing subsales—transactions of uncompleted homes for quick profit—that rose from 198 in 2020 to 1428 in 2...
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44% Bias Score
China's Trade-In Program Fuels 6.4% Consumer Spending Growth
China's government is using a 300 billion yuan ($42 billion) trade-in program and central bank support to boost consumer spending, resulting in a 6.4 percent year-on-year increase in retail sales in May, with potential for further funding.
China's Trade-In Program Fuels 6.4% Consumer Spending Growth
China's government is using a 300 billion yuan ($42 billion) trade-in program and central bank support to boost consumer spending, resulting in a 6.4 percent year-on-year increase in retail sales in May, with potential for further funding.
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40% Bias Score
Record .133 Billion Euros Collected in Spain's 2024 Net Worth Tax
Spain's tax agency, Hacienda, collected a record .133 billion euros from the net worth tax in 2024, exceeding the 2023 revenue by 11.6% and driven by a positive stock market and the reinstatement of the tax in Andalusia and Madrid.
Record .133 Billion Euros Collected in Spain's 2024 Net Worth Tax
Spain's tax agency, Hacienda, collected a record .133 billion euros from the net worth tax in 2024, exceeding the 2023 revenue by 11.6% and driven by a positive stock market and the reinstatement of the tax in Andalusia and Madrid.
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40% Bias Score
UK Heatwave to Claim 600 Lives, Exposing Climate Change Vulnerability
A four-day heatwave in Britain, 100 times more likely due to climate change, is expected to cause approximately 600 deaths, particularly among older people in cities, revealing the country's lack of preparedness for extreme weather events.
UK Heatwave to Claim 600 Lives, Exposing Climate Change Vulnerability
A four-day heatwave in Britain, 100 times more likely due to climate change, is expected to cause approximately 600 deaths, particularly among older people in cities, revealing the country's lack of preparedness for extreme weather events.
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40% Bias Score
UK Carmakers Near Relaxed Electric Vehicle Sales Targets
The UK car industry successfully lobbied the government to relax its zero-emission vehicle mandate, resulting in a lower effective target for electric vehicle sales (22.06% in 2025) which carmakers are on track to meet, despite only 13% of private buyers choosing electric vehicles. This success, how...
UK Carmakers Near Relaxed Electric Vehicle Sales Targets
The UK car industry successfully lobbied the government to relax its zero-emission vehicle mandate, resulting in a lower effective target for electric vehicle sales (22.06% in 2025) which carmakers are on track to meet, despite only 13% of private buyers choosing electric vehicles. This success, how...
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48% Bias Score
Dutch Government Policy Contributes to Housing Unaffordability
The Dutch government quietly lowered maximum mortgage borrowing for 2025, impacting affordability; the government could adjust lending policies, reduce tax breaks, and limit borrowing to cool the housing market.
Dutch Government Policy Contributes to Housing Unaffordability
The Dutch government quietly lowered maximum mortgage borrowing for 2025, impacting affordability; the government could adjust lending policies, reduce tax breaks, and limit borrowing to cool the housing market.
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60% Bias Score
Russia's Failing Demographic Policies: Birth Rate Hits Record Low
Despite Russia's attempts to boost its declining birth rate through financial incentives and propaganda, the rate continues to fall, reaching record lows, as evidenced by the recent labeling of demographer Alexei Raksha as a "foreign agent," suggesting a failed policy.
Russia's Failing Demographic Policies: Birth Rate Hits Record Low
Despite Russia's attempts to boost its declining birth rate through financial incentives and propaganda, the rate continues to fall, reaching record lows, as evidenced by the recent labeling of demographer Alexei Raksha as a "foreign agent," suggesting a failed policy.
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60% Bias Score
Spain to Use "Bad Bank" Assets to Boost Housing Supply
The Spanish government plans to use Sareb, the "bad bank," holding enough land to build 311,728 additional homes, to alleviate the housing shortage by transferring 40,000 finished homes and land for 55,000 more to a new state-owned housing company.
Spain to Use "Bad Bank" Assets to Boost Housing Supply
The Spanish government plans to use Sareb, the "bad bank," holding enough land to build 311,728 additional homes, to alleviate the housing shortage by transferring 40,000 finished homes and land for 55,000 more to a new state-owned housing company.
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36% Bias Score
Dutch Health Council Urges Action on Goat Farm Pneumonia Link
A Dutch Health Council report suggests a probable link between living near goat farms and increased pneumonia risk, prompting calls for immediate government action despite the absence of definitive proof, with further research planned for December.
Dutch Health Council Urges Action on Goat Farm Pneumonia Link
A Dutch Health Council report suggests a probable link between living near goat farms and increased pneumonia risk, prompting calls for immediate government action despite the absence of definitive proof, with further research planned for December.
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48% Bias Score
Former Steel Workers Demand Pension Surplus Compensation
Former Allied Steel and Wire workers in Cardiff are campaigning for compensation from the Pension Protection Fund's £13bn surplus after their pensions, initially 90% restored following the company's 2002 collapse, were eroded by inflation; the government is considering their request.
Former Steel Workers Demand Pension Surplus Compensation
Former Allied Steel and Wire workers in Cardiff are campaigning for compensation from the Pension Protection Fund's £13bn surplus after their pensions, initially 90% restored following the company's 2002 collapse, were eroded by inflation; the government is considering their request.
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56% Bias Score
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