More or Less, Debt, students, shark and chips

More or Less

Debt, students, shark and chips

14 February 2024

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What is the government’s fiscal rule on the national debt? Are international students stealing places from the UK’s young people? How much social housing is really being built? Do 90% of chip shops sell shark and chips?

Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.

Presenter: Tim Harford

Producers: Nathan Gower and Debbie Richford

Series producer: Tom Colls

Production coordinator: Janet Staples

Sound mix: Rod Farquhar

Editor: Charlotte McDonald