Does the UK really have nine out of the ten poorest regions in Northern Europe?

Podcast: More or Less · BBC Radio 4

Opublikowano: 2026-09-30

Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: (00:40) Does the UK account for nine out of ten of the poorest regions in Northern Europe? It’s a classic story of devil meets detail where the true meaning is the geographical inequality we met along the way. (07:54) An article in The Economist has claimed that a single donkey charity in Devon received more in annual donations than all the major political parties combined. Is this true? And if so, should we be Led By Donkeys? (11:29) Last week 781 migrants crossed the ch...