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Flutter, owner of Paddy Power, plans to cut up to 1,400 UK and Irish jobs

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Flutter, which owns Paddy Power, plans to cut up to 1,400 jobs in the UK and Ireland, with some roles in Portugal and Romania also affected. The company says tax rises on online casino and sports betting, introduced in the government’s Budget last year, cannot be fully absorbed and that it must restructure. Kevin Harrington, chief executive of its UK and Ireland business, said the company warned of this a year ago. The roles at risk have not been disclosed. Whether tax rises are the main cause is disputed: Paddy Power’s founder, Stewart Kenny, has accused the industry of scaremongering about jobs, and some reporting asks whether companies are using tax policy as cover for cost-cutting.

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  1. Flutter, which owns Paddy Power, plans to cut up to 1,400 jobs in the UK and Ireland, with some roles in Portugal and Romania also affected.

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    The Guardian
    Center
    BBC News, Financial Times

  2. Flutter blames higher betting taxes; Kevin Harrington, chief executive of its UK and Ireland business, said the company cannot fully absorb the tax rises.

    Reported byLeft1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Center
    BBC News, Financial Times

  3. The government raised taxes on online casino and sports betting in its Budget last year.

    Reported byLeft1Center2See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Center
    BBC News, Financial Times

  4. Horse racing was exempt from the increased betting taxes.

    One outletBBC News· Center

  5. The chancellor is considering a rise in machine games duty, a tax on slot machines; industry figures warn it would cost thousands of jobs.

    One outletThe Guardian· Left

What is contested

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  • The job cuts are caused by higher gambling taxes.

    Flutter and its UK and Ireland chief executive, Kevin Harrington, say the tax rises cannot be fully absorbed and force restructuring. The Guardian reports that Stewart Kenny, founder of Paddy Power, accuses the industry of scaremongering about jobs to avoid tax, and reports questions over whether companies are using tax policy as cover for cost-cutting amid weak market conditions.

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Flutter, owner of Paddy Power, plans to cut up to 1,400 jobs in the UK and Ireland and blames higher betting taxes, a claim all three outlets report. The Guardian places the cuts within a debate over a possible further tax rise and whether tax is the full explanation.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    The Guardian headline attributes the cuts to tax rises that Flutter blames, and its description links the tax to a Treasury decision on a further duty rise.

    Paddy Power owner blames tax rises for plan to shed up to 1,400 jobs
    The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Both center headlines present the job cuts as the result of tax rises: the BBC reports the company’s blame, while the Financial Times calls the change a “tax raid”.

    Paddy Power cuts 1,400 jobs and blames betting tax rises
    BBC NewsCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

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    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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  • Center1

    tax raid

  • Right

    Has not covered this story.

In the outlets’ own words

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    tax raidMore neutral: tax increase

    The word raid suggests seizure of money by force, where the neutral term for a tax increase is a tax rise.

    Flutter to cut more than 1,000 jobs after UK gambling tax raid

    Used byFinancial Times (Center)

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From the left

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  • Tax rises imposed by Rachel Reeves
  • Possible further machine games duty rise
  • Industry warnings of job losses
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  • The GuardianLeft

    Paddy Power owner blames tax rises for plan to shed up to 1,400 jobs

    Flutter says one in 10 UK and Ireland workers at risk of redundancy because of a ‘material increase in betting and gaming duties’ Business live – latest updates The gambling company behind Paddy Power and SkyBet has announced up to 1,400 job cuts, blaming tax rises imposed by …

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From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • Company blames betting tax rises
  • Scale of cuts, up to 1,400 jobs
  • Harrington’s warning about absorbing tax
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0 outlets

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    1 hr 58 min later

    Its first report, Oct 20, 10:24 AM EDT

  • Center

    First to report

    BBC News, Oct 20, 8:26 AM EDT

  • Right

    No report yet

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  1. BBC NewsCenterOct 20, 8:26 AM EDT
  2. Financial TimesCenterOct 20, 8:52 AM EDT
  3. The GuardianLeftOct 20, 10:24 AM EDT

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