Reform UK recently claimed that the UK’s benefits bill would be much higher than in other Western countries. That's simply incorrect.
I spoke to @timharford.ft.com for #BBC More or Less about the actual cost of welfare.
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Tim Harford explores the stats on some of the UK’s most potent political debates
