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Betting giant Paddy Power to shut up to 100 shops with 400 jobs at risk
The Mirror UK and The Sun describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedPaddy Power operate a total of 506 betting stores in Ireland and the UK right now with the proposed closures mean around one fifth of outlets could close.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Betting giant Paddy Power to shut up to 100 shops with 400 jobs at risk". The right frames it as "Paddy Power faces shutting 100 shops with the loss of 400 jobs due to Labour’s tax hikes...".
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Left / center-leftBetting giant Paddy Power to shut up to 100 shops with 400 jobs at risk
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Right / center-rightPaddy Power faces shutting 100 shops with the loss of 400 jobs due to Labour’s tax hikes on betting
Betting giant Paddy Power to shut up to 100 shops with 400 jobs at risk
Paddy Power operate a total of 506 betting stores in Ireland and the UK right now with the proposed closures mean around one fifth of outlets could close
Paddy Power faces shutting 100 shops with the loss of 400 jobs due to Labour’s tax hikes on betting
PADDY Power bosses face closing up to 100 stores with the loss of four hundred jobs blaming damaging tax hikes on the sector. The betting firm is conducting a review of their High Street es...
