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Deaths, taxes and missing cats

Deaths, taxes and missing cats

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Deaths, taxes and missing cats

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

ratings:
Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Did London see a 2500% increase in gun crime? Are taxes in the UK the highest since the 1950s? Did the UK have high excess deaths from Covid, compared to the rest of Europe? Do three cats go missing every second in the UK? Tim and the team investigate a few of the numbers in the news. Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Nathan Gower
Series Producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele
Sound mix: James Beard
Editor: Richard Vadon
Released:
Jan 10, 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