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Debt, students, shark and chips

What is the government鈥檚 rule on debt? Are international students stealing UK places? How much social housing is being built? Do 90% of chip shops sell shark and chips?

What is the government鈥檚 fiscal rule on the national debt? Are international students stealing places from the UK鈥檚 young people? How much social housing is really being built? Do 90% of chip shops sell shark and chips?

Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Producers: Nathan Gower and Debbie Richford
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production coordinator: Janet Staples
Sound mix: Rod Farquhar
Editor: Charlotte McDonald

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