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Shopping, shipping and wind chill-ing

Shopping, shipping and wind chill-ing

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Shopping, shipping and wind chill-ing

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

ratings:
Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jan 24, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Was Labour shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves wrong about the increase in the price of the weekly shop? What has the violence at sea done to the cost of shipping? Why did YouGov feel the need to correct an analysis of their polling? Are there 30 million GP appointments every month? And how does wind chill work?

Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news.Presenter: Tim Harford
Reporters: Charlotte McDonald and Nathan Gower
Producer: Debbie Richford
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound Mix: Rod Farquhar
Released:
Jan 24, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4