Council tax weirdness: Hartlepool vs Westminster

Published: Feb. 7, 2024, 9:30 a.m.

Do you really pay more in council tax on a semi in Hartlepool than a mansion in Westminster? How do the Office for National Statistics work out how much the UK population is going to grow by? How much do junior doctor strikes cost? Is home grown veg worse for climate change than veg grown on a farm?

Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news.

Presenter: Tim Harford\nProducers: Nathan Gower, Debbie Richford and Perisha Kudhail \nSeries producer: Tom Colls\nProduction co-ordinator: Brenda Brown\nSound Mix: James Beard\nEditor: Richard Vadon