Troubled families?

More or Less: Behind the Stats

English - August 22, 2014 16:01 - 28 minutes - 25.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 740 ratings
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"Revealed: half a million problem families" reported The Sunday Times. The government's expanding its Troubled Families programme - two years after More or Less found it statistically wanting. Tim Harford discusses the new numbers with BBC Newsnight's Chris Cook. Plus: CEO remuneration; deaths in Gaza; divorce risks and further adventures in the audio presentation of data.