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Britain’s welfare ratchet

1 source1 article First seen 9 hours ago Updated 9 hours ago United Kingdom Truth score 38

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Summary

Political incentives, rising expectations of state support and deeper economic failures make the benefits system hard to rein in

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Financial Times Center Factuality: Mostly factual IN 9 hours ago
Britain’s welfare ratchet
Political incentives, rising expectations of state support and deeper economic failures make the benefits system hard to rein in

Truth score

38/100Weakly supported

Independent outlets: 1
Source reliability: 65/100
Sides of the spectrum covering it: 1/3
Propaganda risk: 0/100

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Centre 100%100%

Left: 0
Centre: 1
Right: 0
Not rated: 0

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Source quality

Average reliability: 65/100 (Mostly factual)
Low-credibility outlets: 0%
State media: 0%
Opinion pieces: 0%

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