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Government to implement university free speech law

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77% Informative

Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act was passed under Conservative government in 2023 .

It could have seen universities fined for failing to uphold freedom of speech.

Implementation of the act was stopped shortly after Labour 's election win last summer .

A government source has said the legislation is now being recommenced to make it workable.

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81

Informative language

80

Neutral language

45

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

63

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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