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Radio 4,14 Feb 2024,28 mins

Debt, students, shark and chips

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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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