Rail strikes, tyre pollution and sex statistics

Published: June 22, 2022, 8:30 a.m.

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Do rail workers really earn \\xa313,000 a year more than nurses? As rail strikes severely hit services we look at some of the claims being made around pay \\u2013 and explain how you can measure average pay in different ways.

Plus we investigate claims that Chancellor Rishi Sunak wasted \\xa311bn by paying too much interest on Britain\\u2019s national debt.

Is pollution from tyres really 2000 times worse than pollution from exhausts?

And we look at sex and statistics in America.

Produced in partnership with the Open University.

Credits:\\nPresenter: Tim Harford\\nSeries Producer: Charlotte McDonald\\nReporters: Nathan Gower, Jon Bithrey\\nProduction Coordinator: Janet Staples\\nSound Engineer: James Beard\\nEditor: Richard Vadon

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