The Barnett Formula

More or Less: Behind the Stats

English - September 26, 2014 16:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratings
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This week Tim explains the Barnett Formula with a bit of help from Money Box's Paul Lewis.
He looks at Ed Balls sleight of hand in his speech to the Labour Party Conference.
Is Ed Miliband's promise on NHS funding really worse than the funding increases delivered by Margaret Thatcher?
And how do we know how far away is the sun really is?