Debt, students, shark and chips
What is the government’s rule on debt? Are international students stealing UK places? How much social housing is being built? Do 90% of chip shops sell shark and chips?
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
Reporter: Nathan Gower
Producers: Debbie Richford, Olga Smirnova and Perisha Kudhail
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Sound mix: Rod Farquhar
Editor: Charlotte McDonald
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- Wed 14 Feb 202409:00BBC Radio 4
- Fri 16 Feb 202416:30BBC Radio 4
- Sun 18 Feb 202420:00BBC Radio 4
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