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The IMF and the UK economy, NHS staff shortages and British vs English
How much should we trust the IMF鈥檚 forecasts for the UK and what is the reality of our economic challenges?
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鈥檚 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鈥檛 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?
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More or Less: Behind the Stats
Tim Harford investigates numbers in the news: are they always reliable?
