Council tax weirdness: Hartlepool vs Westminster
Do you really pay more in council tax on a semi in Hartlepool than a mansion in Westminster? Plus, migration calculations and the carbon footprint of home grown veg.
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
Producers: Nathan Gower, Debbie Richford and Perisha Kudhail
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound Mix: James Beard
Editor: Richard Vadon
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