The Morning Poll: What do you think is the biggest threat facing Britain?
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Read the original article on dailymail.com (opens in a new tab)What we found (1)
The Daily Mail sets up a reader poll with a short account of Kemi Badenoch's welfare speech, attributing her warning and her £180billion figure to her. It gives no space to critics of the cuts, such as the Child Poverty Action Group, whose warning about child poverty the Mirror reported the same day. This is a minor gap.
One side gets the space
Minor
“pledged to axe sickness and disability benefits”
- Why this matters
- The Mail reports the pledge to axe sickness and disability benefits, then follows it only with Badenoch's cost figures and a poll about threats to Britain.
- The impression it gives
- A reader sees only the case for the cuts and no sign that anyone disputes them or would be harmed by them.
- The context
- The Mirror reported the same plans the same day alongside the Child Poverty Action Group's warning that they would cause child poverty to rise sharply. The Mail gives no critic and no affected person any space.
How we know
- Daily Mirror reported“Child Poverty Action Group said it would cause child poverty to rocket overnight”Tory chief Kemi Badenoch's welfare cuts plan will drag UK 'back to dark ages' (opens in a new tab)