School spending, excess deaths and billions of animals at Heathrow
Is school funding at record levels? Why did the ONS change how they measure excess deaths? Did 6.5bn creatures arrive in the UK by plane last year?
Is school funding at record levels as the education secretary claimed? Why did the ONS change how they measure excess deaths? Is there a shoplifting epidemic? Did 6.5bn creatures arrive in the UK by plane last year?
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producers: Nathan Gower, Perisha Kudhail, Debbie Richford and Olga Smirnova
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison
Sound mix: Sarah Hockley
Editor: Richard Vadon
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- Wed 28 Feb 2024 09:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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