29 min

MP misconduct, NHS waiting lists and gold (gold‪)‬ More or Less: Behind the Stats

    • Business

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Is it going to take 685 years to clear NHS waiting lists in England?
Are 10 per cent of MPs under investigation for sexual misconduct?
How does gold effect the UKs export figures?
What does it mean to say that a woman has 120% chance of getting pregnant?
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producers: Nathan Gower and Bethan Ashmead Latham
Series producer: Tom Colls
Sound mix: Neil Churchill
Production coordinator: Brenda Brown
Editor: Richard Vadon

Is it going to take 685 years to clear NHS waiting lists in England?
Are 10 per cent of MPs under investigation for sexual misconduct?
How does gold effect the UKs export figures?
What does it mean to say that a woman has 120% chance of getting pregnant?
Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producers: Nathan Gower and Bethan Ashmead Latham
Series producer: Tom Colls
Sound mix: Neil Churchill
Production coordinator: Brenda Brown
Editor: Richard Vadon

29 min

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