Energy crisis plan, imperial measures survey, gardens v national parks
One of Liz Truss's first acts as prime minister was to announce a giant plan to limit energy price rises. We ask how much this Energy Price Guarantee will cost the government.
One of Liz Truss's first acts as Prime Minister was to announce a giant plan to protect domestic energy users from huge rises in wholesale gas and electricity costs, meaning a typical household will pay about 拢1000 less than otherwise would have been the case. We ask how much the Energy Price Guarantee will cost the government and also explain what a 鈥渢ypical鈥� household really is. A consultation has opened into whether we鈥檇 like more of our goods and services priced in imperial measures 鈥� but some listeners are suggesting a survey on the issue is biased against metric. And we examine a claim made on the 大象传媒鈥檚 Springwatch programme that all of the gardens in Newcastle are bigger than the combined size of our national parks.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Series producer: Jon Bithrey
Reporters: Nathan Gower, Charlotte McDonald
Production Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson
Editor: Richard Vadon
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- Wed 14 Sep 2022 09:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Fri 16 Sep 2022 16:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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