More or Less, Shopping, shipping and wind chill-ing

More or Less

Shopping, shipping and wind chill-ing

25 January 2024

Available for over a year

Was Labour shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves wrong about the increase in the price of the weekly shop? What has the violence at sea done to the cost of shipping? Why did YouGov feel the need to correct an analysis of their polling? Are there 30 million GP appointments every month? And how does wind chill work?

Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news.

Presenter: Tim Harford

Reporters: Charlotte McDonald and Nathan Gower

Producer: Debbie Richford

Series producer: Tom Colls

Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown

Sound Mix: Rod Farquhar