19 June 2024

Available for over a year

Will Conservative policies raise mortgages by £4800, as Labour claim? Are primary school kids in England the best readers in the (western) world, as the Conservatives claim? Are there more potholes in the UK than craters on the moon?

Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.

Presenter: Tim Harford

Reporter: Kate Lamble

Producers: Nathan Gower, Simon Tullet

Beth Ashmead-Latham and Debbie Richford

Production coordinator: Brenda Brown

Sound mix: James Beard

Editor: Richard Vadon