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The Belfast TelegraphNews report · Nov 12, 12:01 AM
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71% of people ‘hit with shock bills in past year, costing £535 on average’
The Independent and The Belfast Telegraph describe the same event in different terms.
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As of November 12, 2026 at 12:01 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened 71% of people ‘hit with shock bills in past year, costing £535 on average’.
The headline split The left frames it as "Seven in 10 Brits hit with shock bills averaging over £500 in past year, survey finds". The center frames it as "71% of people ‘hit with shock bills in past year, costing £535 on average’".
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Left / center-leftSeven in 10 Brits hit with shock bills averaging over £500 in past year, survey finds
The Independent · Center-left · News report
Center71% of people ‘hit with shock bills in past year, costing £535 on average’
The Belfast Telegraph · Center · News report
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The IndependentNews report · Nov 12, 12:01 AM
Seven in 10 Brits hit with shock bills averaging over £500 in past year, survey finds
Santander UK surveyed around 2,000 people across the UK in October for their research
Details52/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources
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