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Pakistan flooding, UK power prices and Boris’s broadband claim

Pakistan flooding, UK power prices and Boris’s broadband claim

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Pakistan flooding, UK power prices and Boris’s broadband claim

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

ratings:
Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Sep 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Devastating floods have wreaked havoc across Pakistan after the heaviest monsoon rains in at least a decade. But is a third of the country really under water, as has been claimed? Also why do electricity prices in the UK rise in line with gas prices when we get so much of our power from other sources like nuclear, wind and solar? As criminal barristers go on strike in England and Wales, we ask if those starting in the profession really earn £12,200 a year. And as Boris Johnson waves goodbye to Downing Street, we investigate his claim that 70% of the UK now has access to gigabit broadband.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Series producer: Jon Bithrey
Reporters: Nathan Gower, Charlotte McDonald
Production Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson
Editor: Richard Vadon
Released:
Sep 7, 2022
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