Election Special: Tax, borders and climate
More or Less: Behind the Stats
BBC
4.6 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2017
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
On this final programme of the series we try to give some context to some of the issues that are being discussed during the current election campaign.
Who pays tax?
What proportion of adults are paying income tax? How much are they paying? Where does the highest burden lay? We take a look. Also, we look at the different political parties’ tax policies. This includes corporation tax, but what about National Insurance?
How do you cut migration?
The Conservative manifesto again includes the aim to lower net migration to tens of thousands. How has this aim fared in the last six years? And what could the Conservatives do in future years to achieve their goal? We also take a look at what impact that might have on the economy.
Taking the nations’ temperature
Summer has arrived – but we cast our minds to the chilly months ahead and think about the Winter Fuel Payment. The Conservatives are proposing to change this to a means-tested system – everywhere except Scotland. Is this because Scotland is colder than the rest of the UK? BBC Weather Man Phil Avery has the answer.
Free School Meals
It’s been a popular topic in party manifestos - free school meals. Jamie Oliver thinks school dinners are essential for fighting obesity – but is there really a case to be made for the health benefits of a school lunch? Emily Tanner from the National Centre for Social Research puts the case for and against Universal Free School Meals – while munching a pie and a packed lunch.
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| 0:36.4 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:40.2 | Thanks for downloading the Special Election Edition of more or less. |
| 0:45.0 | First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Friday, the 2nd of June. |
| 0:50.0 | Hello and welcome to a special general election edition of More or Less. |
| 0:56.0 | Yes, the debate was called and we showed up. |
| 0:59.0 | This week we'll try to get beyond the game of true or false to give you not only the facts but the context behind them. |
| 1:06.9 | We'll be looking at the conservative promises to reduce immigration. They've failed so far, but might they succeed in the future? |
| 1:13.2 | If so, what would it take? Who would be affected and what would be the consequences? |
| 1:18.0 | Most parties have ideas about free school meals, |
| 1:21.0 | and so as Jamie Oliver. We'll crack open a packed lunch and ask what the |
| 1:25.5 | evidence tells us. And to understand perhaps the strangest political spat of the campaign, |
| 1:31.3 | we will ask BBC Weather God Phil Avery |
| 1:34.3 | whether it's true that Scotland is colder than the rest of the UK. |
| 1:38.5 | Yes, it is coldest. |
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