More or Less: Behind the Stats

The IMF and the UK economy, NHS staff shortages and British vs English

<p>The International Monetary Fund says the UK will be the only major economy to shrink in size this year. We ask how much faith we should put in the IMF’s forecasts and look at some of the big economic challenges facing the UK. Also why the headline number of job vacancies in the NHS in England doesn’t tell the whole story of staff shortages. And why has there been such a dramatic change in whether people describe themselves as British or English?</p>

<p>Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4</p>