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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: Brexit and trade; pensioner millionaires; and Hannah Fry on loyalty cards and cancer

01/02/2023

Brexit and trade; pensioner millionaires; and Hannah Fry on loyalty cards and cancer

BBC Radio 4 - More or Less, Brexit and trade; pensioner millionaires; and Hannah Fry on loyalty cards and cancer

We examine a claim that the UK’s trade with the EU has increased since Brexit.

We examine a claim that the UK’s trade with the European Union has increased since we left the bloc.

Has trade with the EU increased since Britain left the European Union? Tim Harford and the team look at a claim suggesting just that. There’s a row over the renaming of a street in North London previously called Black Boy Lane – but how much has it really all cost? Also are there more pensioners in 'millionaire households' than pensioners in poverty. And mathematician Hannah Fry talks about a new study suggesting cases of ovarian cancer can be detected by looking at spending on loyalty cards.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Series Producer: Jon Bithrey
Reporters: Josephine Casserly, Nathan Gower, Charlotte McDonald, Perisha Kudhail
Sound Engineer: Neil Churchill
Editor: Richard Vadon

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