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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics used in everyday life

Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life

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More or Less: Coffee with the chancellor, inflation measures, GP numbers and toilet paper

Coffee with the Chancellor, inflation measures, GP numbers and toilet paper

Coffee with the chancellor, inflation measures, GP numbers and toilet paper

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We fact check Jeremy Hunt’s pledge to halve inflation.

We fact check Jeremy Hunt’s pledge in a recent social media video to halve inflation.

Jeremy Hunt has pledged in a new social media video to halve the UK’s high rate of inflation. Tim Harford and the team fact check the Chancellor’s claims. Also – CPI, CPIH, RPI – which measure of inflation is best for assessing the impact of the rising cost of living? Plus has the number of GPs in England gone up or down since the start of the pandemic. And does toilet paper cause 15% of global deforestation?


Presenter: Tim Harford
Series Producer: Jon Bithrey
Reporters: Josephine Casserly, Nathan Gower, Louise Hidalgo, Charlotte McDonald
Sound Engineer: James Beard
Production Co-ordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross 
Editor: Richard Vadon

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