Debt, students, shark and chips
More or Less: behind the statistics
Wednesday, 14 February 2024 - 29 minutes
What is the government’s fiscal rule on the national debt? Are international students stealing places from the UK’s young people? How much social housing is really being built? Do 90% of chip shops sell shark and chips?Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. Presenter: Tim Harford
Producers: Nathan Gower and Debbie Richford
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production coordinator: Janet Staples
Sound mix: Rod Farquhar
Editor: Charlotte McDonald
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