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My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

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experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC

makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,

poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples.

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Hello, Tim Harford here.

Thank you very much for downloading the longer Radio 4 edition of More or Less. First broadcast on Friday the 19th of May.

If you listen out on this podcast feed you will hear our shorter World Service Edition

drop in a few days, all brand new material for your enjoyment.

I hope you enjoy the programme.

Hello and welcome to more or less.

We are your weekly guide to the numbers all around us in the news, in life, and in the BBC's election coverage. More of that in a moment. But I can also promise the dark secrets we reveal to Google's search algorithm, and we'll also look at

claims that summer sea ice in the Arctic is about to disappear.

But first, the election.

Labor launched its manifesto this week and was very clear about its intention to raise taxes

on companies and the well-off.

But some loyal listeners aren't happy with the way the BBC reported the rises, particularly

the changes to income tax.

A screen grab of Wednesday's 6 o'clock news has been doing the rounds on social media,

accompanied by much outrage and claims of bias. The graphic was about the income tax rises

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