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Minister Darren Jones sorry for comparing benefits to pocket money

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76% Informative

Darren Jones said it was like his children getting a Saturday job on top of their pocket money.

He was defending welfare cuts on the BBC 's Politics Live after Wednesday 's Spring Statement .

But he later said he was sorry about the "tactless" comments after they were branded 'offensive' and 'patronising' by critics.

VR Score

81

Informative language

82

Neutral language

12

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

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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