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This Is Why

Five things the main parties aren't mentioning this election... and how exit polls are done

This Is Why

Sky News

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.0 • 552 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says there's a "conspiracy of silence" at this election; that all of the major political parties aren't being honest enough about their fiscal plans.  


The thinktank says all the major parties are avoiding discussion around the black hole in their spending plans for after the election - but what else are they not talking about?   


On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by economics and data editor Ed Conway to look at why topics from tax to Brexit might be missing from the campaigning.   
  
Plus, Ed explains how exit polls, the first and most accurate early indications of who might win the general election on voting day, are put together.   

Producer: Rosie Gillott 
Editor: Paul Stanworth 
Podcast promotions producer: Jada-Kai Meosa John

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What our elected representatives choose not to talk about, well, it's just as important as what they do.

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Certainly, that's the view of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, who've declared a plague on all

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their houses, criticizing the major parties for what they're

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calling a conspiracy of silence when it comes to their fiscal plans, what we want to spend on

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