Food prices, net migration and beef about beef

More or Less: Behind the Stats

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Business, Mathematics, Science, News Commentary, News

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Does Britain really have the most affordable food in Europe? That's a recent claim of the President of the National Farmers' Union. We ask if it's true and look in detail at what is driving rising food prices in the UK. We also try and make sense of the latest net migration figures, ask if dating apps are making Gen Z more single and explain why a correction to a correction on Radio 4's Farming Today wasn't quite right.

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