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Northern Ireland's 'Super-Councils': A Decade of Reform, Mixed Results
Northern Ireland's 2014 local government reform, merging 26 councils into 11, aimed for cost savings and improved local governance but after 10 years, increased spending, longer planning times, and unresolved financial shortfalls raise questions about its success.
Northern Ireland's 'Super-Councils': A Decade of Reform, Mixed Results
Northern Ireland's 2014 local government reform, merging 26 councils into 11, aimed for cost savings and improved local governance but after 10 years, increased spending, longer planning times, and unresolved financial shortfalls raise questions about its success.
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44% Bias Score
China's Economy Recovers but Faces Challenges
China's economy shows early signs of recovery in 2025, driven by stimulus and reforms, but faces challenges from weak consumer demand and needs further structural changes to achieve sustainable growth, according to economists at the Boao Forum for Asia.
China's Economy Recovers but Faces Challenges
China's economy shows early signs of recovery in 2025, driven by stimulus and reforms, but faces challenges from weak consumer demand and needs further structural changes to achieve sustainable growth, according to economists at the Boao Forum for Asia.
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40% Bias Score
UK Leasehold System: \£7.6bn Paid in Service Charges, Commonhold Faces Implementation Hurdles
The UK's leasehold system, particularly impacting flat owners, involves exorbitant ground rents and service charges, leading to \£7.6bn in payments in 2023. While commonhold offers a solution for new flats, challenges remain for existing leaseholders due to high conversion costs and restrictions.
UK Leasehold System: \£7.6bn Paid in Service Charges, Commonhold Faces Implementation Hurdles
The UK's leasehold system, particularly impacting flat owners, involves exorbitant ground rents and service charges, leading to \£7.6bn in payments in 2023. While commonhold offers a solution for new flats, challenges remain for existing leaseholders due to high conversion costs and restrictions.
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60% Bias Score
Germany Reforms Flag State Administration to Boost Maritime Competitiveness
Germany is reforming its flag state administration to attract more ships under its flag, aiming to improve its international competitiveness and reduce the currently high percentage (85 percent) of German-owned vessels flying foreign flags due to cost factors.
Germany Reforms Flag State Administration to Boost Maritime Competitiveness
Germany is reforming its flag state administration to attract more ships under its flag, aiming to improve its international competitiveness and reduce the currently high percentage (85 percent) of German-owned vessels flying foreign flags due to cost factors.
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32% Bias Score
Munich Security Conference Needs Reform to Remain Relevant
The Munich Security Conference, despite attracting 700 representatives from over 120 countries in 2024, faces criticism for its Western-centric structure, hindering effective multilateralism in addressing complex global security challenges, including the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine conflicts...
Munich Security Conference Needs Reform to Remain Relevant
The Munich Security Conference, despite attracting 700 representatives from over 120 countries in 2024, faces criticism for its Western-centric structure, hindering effective multilateralism in addressing complex global security challenges, including the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine conflicts...
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48% Bias Score
China's Manufacturing Rise and WTO Reform Challenges
Hexagon AB, a Swedish company, now produces 90 percent of its coordinate measuring machines in China, highlighting China's manufacturing growth and its integration into global supply chains; this success is linked to China's WTO membership since 2001, which has driven its economic growth and poverty...
China's Manufacturing Rise and WTO Reform Challenges
Hexagon AB, a Swedish company, now produces 90 percent of its coordinate measuring machines in China, highlighting China's manufacturing growth and its integration into global supply chains; this success is linked to China's WTO membership since 2001, which has driven its economic growth and poverty...
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40% Bias Score
Delays Plague Spain's 'Gag Law' Reform Amidst Political Wrangling
Spain's reform of the 'gag law' faces delays due to disagreements among supporting parties, including PSOE, Sumar, EH Bildu, ERC, PNV, and BNG, over articles concerning anti-riot materials, disrespecting police, disobeying officers, and border returns, ten years after its enactment.
Delays Plague Spain's 'Gag Law' Reform Amidst Political Wrangling
Spain's reform of the 'gag law' faces delays due to disagreements among supporting parties, including PSOE, Sumar, EH Bildu, ERC, PNV, and BNG, over articles concerning anti-riot materials, disrespecting police, disobeying officers, and border returns, ten years after its enactment.
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40% Bias Score
Indonesia Expands Military's Civilian Role, Raising Authoritarianism Concerns
Indonesia's parliament unanimously passed a bill expanding the military's civilian roles, reversing a 2004 law and allowing active officers to serve in 4 additional bodies, including the Attorney General's Office and Supreme Court, sparking concerns about democratic backsliding due to its fast-track...
Indonesia Expands Military's Civilian Role, Raising Authoritarianism Concerns
Indonesia's parliament unanimously passed a bill expanding the military's civilian roles, reversing a 2004 law and allowing active officers to serve in 4 additional bodies, including the Attorney General's Office and Supreme Court, sparking concerns about democratic backsliding due to its fast-track...
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52% Bias Score
German Cannabis Legalization Faces Criticism, Reform Calls
Germany's partial cannabis legalization, effective April 2023, allowing adults to grow up to three plants and possess 50 grams, faces criticism from Union politicians who want it reformed or reversed due to concerns about increased drug crime and insufficient youth protection, while police unions su...
German Cannabis Legalization Faces Criticism, Reform Calls
Germany's partial cannabis legalization, effective April 2023, allowing adults to grow up to three plants and possess 50 grams, faces criticism from Union politicians who want it reformed or reversed due to concerns about increased drug crime and insufficient youth protection, while police unions su...
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52% Bias Score
Germany Reforms Flag State Administration to Boost Shipping Competitiveness
Germany is reforming its flag state administration to attract more shipping companies to use the German flag, aiming to counter the high percentage (85%) of German merchant ships currently using foreign flags due to lower costs.
Germany Reforms Flag State Administration to Boost Shipping Competitiveness
Germany is reforming its flag state administration to attract more shipping companies to use the German flag, aiming to counter the high percentage (85%) of German merchant ships currently using foreign flags due to lower costs.
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32% Bias Score
Ofsted's New School Report Card System Criticized by Headteachers
Headteachers are criticizing Ofsted's new school report card system as worse than the previous one, lacking support and focusing instead on grading, unlike the previous FEFC system which offered on-site support and collaboration.
Ofsted's New School Report Card System Criticized by Headteachers
Headteachers are criticizing Ofsted's new school report card system as worse than the previous one, lacking support and focusing instead on grading, unlike the previous FEFC system which offered on-site support and collaboration.
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52% Bias Score
Hexagon's China Success Shows WTO's Impact
Hexagon AB, a Swedish company, now manufactures 90 percent of its coordinate measuring machines in China, its largest global production facility, highlighting the success of foreign investment in China and its integration into global supply chains, while the World Trade Organization (WTO) played a s...
Hexagon's China Success Shows WTO's Impact
Hexagon AB, a Swedish company, now manufactures 90 percent of its coordinate measuring machines in China, its largest global production facility, highlighting the success of foreign investment in China and its integration into global supply chains, while the World Trade Organization (WTO) played a s...
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36% Bias Score
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