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🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Was an MP wrong about the number of people who pay capital gains tax?
Why is 2% the magic number for the rate of inflation?
Donald Trump says US crime figures are fake. Are they?
How do you work out how many buffaloberries a bear eats in a day?
And we fact-check a claim about the prevalence of suicide among GPs. For information and support follow this link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/actionline
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.
Presenter: Tim Harford Reporters: Nathan Gower and Bethan Ashmead Latham Series Producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Sound mix: Rod Farquhar Editor: Richard Vadon
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0:45.0 | We're your weekly guide to the numbers in the budget, |
0:48.0 | the US election campaign and your local Bear Infested Forest. |
0:52.0 | And I'm Tim Harford. This week was an MP wrong about the number of people |
0:57.9 | who pay capital gains tax. Why does the Bank of England try to ensure inflation is 2%? Why not zero? |
1:05.0 | Donald Trump says US crime figures are fake, are they? |
1:10.0 | We fact check a claim about the prevalence of suicide among GPs, and with the help of an expert, |
1:16.0 | we comb through piles of bare excrement, and where on earth would you find that? |
1:21.0 | Well, the simple answer would be in the woods. Let's start with |
1:25.1 | capital gains. Earlier this month the Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell was on |
1:30.3 | Radio 4's any questions. |
1:33.0 | And with the budget, just a few weeks away, |
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