Election claims and erection claims
How did Liz Truss’s mini-budget effect mortgage rates? Why are MRP polls producing such different results? Do erections use a litre of blood?
Are Labour right about the Liz Truss effect on mortgages? Are the Conservatives right about pensioners? Are Plaid Cymru right about spending? Are the Lib Dems right about care funding? Is Count Binface right about croissants?
Why are MRP polls coming up with such different numbers?
Do erections require a litre of blood?
Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Reporter: Kate Lamble
Producers: Simon Tulett, Nathan Gower, Beth Ashmead Latham and Debbie Richford
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production coordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Rod Farquhar
Editor: Richard Vadon
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