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More or Less: Mini-budget, TV audience for the Queen’s funeral and 0.5 on the Richter scale

28/09/2022

Mini-budget, TV audience for the Queen’s funeral and 0.5 on the Richter scale

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Did 4.1 billion people really watch the Queen’s funeral?

Did 4.1 billion people really watch the Queen’s funeral and how worried should we be about the steep falls in the pound?

The value of the pound against other currencies has been incredibly volatile ever since the Chancellor’s ‘mini-budget’. We ask how much we should worry and look at how much taxes will really fall. Also did 4.1 billion people really watch the Queen’s funeral? Gas prices are falling – so why aren’t energy bills? There are early signs that new covid variants could cause another spike in cases over the winter. And with the government lifting a moratorium on fracking, we ask how seismic a number the current limit of 0.5 on the Richter scale actually is.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Series Producer: Jon Bithrey
Reporters: Charlotte McDonald, Nathan Gower
Production Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson
Sound Engineer: James Beard

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