School spending, excess deaths and billions of animals at Heathrow
Is school funding at record levels? Did 6.5bn creatures come to the UK by plane last year?
- 28 mins
- 28 Feb 2024
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life
Is school funding at record levels? Did 6.5bn creatures come to the UK by plane last year?
What does per capita GDP tell us? How much did the EU spend on Covid recovery?
What is the government’s rule on debt? Do 90% of chip shops sell shark and chips?
Council tax comparisons, migration calculations and the carbon footprint of home-grown veg
Is measles spreading? How much is Brexit costing? How good are they at traitor guessing?
We investigate the cost of a weekly shop and explore the workings of wind chill.
How long will we live? Who pays inheritance tax? How did the NHS perform this winter?
We investigate claims about gun crime, the UK tax burden, and the number of missing cats.
We debunk claims about excess deaths and the vaccine made by YouTuber John Campbell.
Are consultants in England really paid an average of £120,000 a year?
Have the Tories really built a record number of social rent homes since 2010?
Is it true that 1 in 4 men and 1 in 5 women in the UK will get skin cancer?
Covid-related deaths are rising in England and Wales, we investigate the figures.
Can you really buy an electric car for everybody in the UK for the cost of HS2?
Who is coming to the UK - and how do we count them?
Will Rishi Sunak's pledge to halve inflation happen?
Who will be most affected by mortgage rate increases?
Is the weight of electric vehicles a risk to infrastructure?
Did 120 people a day in England die last year whilst waiting for an ambulance?
Does Britain really have the most affordable food in Europe?