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Is one in four people in the UK disabled?
Plus, what has Canada done to Donald Trump? Is Rachel Reeves chasing the model?
What’s Trump’s problem with Canada?
Does the US subsidise Canada $200 billion a year and why does Trump call them nasty?
Could a 2% wealth tax raise £24bn?
Plus did trillions disappear from UK pensions? Why does the UK have a lot of old housing?
What are the chances of an asteroid hitting earth in 2032?
Why the likelihood of planetary impact changed as asteroid 2024 YR4 approached.
Why are more people claiming disability benefits?
Plus, UK vs Russia on free speech and the collapse of the Labour Force Survey
How did lockdown impact children?
Five years on, Tim Harford looks at the data on the effect of lockdown
What is an IQ map and can we trust them?
We investigate maps that suggest extremely low average IQs in developing countries
DOGE, apples and irregular migrants
Fact-checking government efficiency claims in the US.
Is there really $500bn of Rare Earths in Ukraine?
Trump wants access to Ukraine’s Rare Earth deposits.
Defence Spending, Rare Earths and Trunk Truths
The numbers behind Ukraine’s rare earth worth and the UK’s defence spending ambitions