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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that the UK economy is growing faster than Germany, France and the US, while Labour says the typical household in the UK is worse off by £5,883 since 2019. Are these claims fair? We give some needed context.
Net migration has fallen - we talk to someone who predicted it would - Dr Madeleine Sumption, director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford.
Is Taylor Swift about to add £1 bn to the British economy as some media outlets have claimed? The answer is ‘No’.
Why are our prisons full? We ask Cassia Rowland from the Institute for Government.
Presenter: Tim Harford
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that the UK economy is growing faster than Germany, France and the US, while Labour says the typical household in the UK is worse off by £5,883 since 2019. Are these claims fair? We give some needed context.
Net migration has fallen - we talk to someone who predicted it would - Dr Madeleine Sumption, director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford.
Is Taylor Swift about to add £1 bn to the British economy as some media outlets have claimed? The answer is ‘No’.
Why are our prisons full? We ask Cassia Rowland from the Institute for Government.
Presenter: Tim Harford
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