Stats about crime, immigration, unemployment and political polls fuel political debate and drive headlines. But how are these ‘soft’ numbers really calculated? How uncertain should we be about them? And how can they be reported honestly and usefully - without losing trust?

Joining David to make sense of the stats and how to communicate them are:

• Dr Robert Cuffe, Head of Statistics at the BBC
• Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation at the UK Statistics Authority
• Dr Sarah Dryhurst, a psychologist at the University of Cambridge

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Risky Talk is produced by Ilan Goodman for the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the University of Cambridge.