Charlotte MacDonald

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1,889 appearances 62 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2010 last heard Apr 2025

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More or Less · Faith and Charity? · 13 Jun 2014 podcast

Cathy Farrow and colleagues have been analysing 30 years' worth of data based on long-standing household surveys. matched

She and her colleagues found that, in fact, the proportion of households donating to charity has fallen slightly over the last three decades, from around 32% to 28%. matched

Right, in the household surveys used for this research, the definition of charitable giving is much tighter. matched

It really means cash given to a charity. matched

Sending money to a relative overseas doesn't count, neither do raffle tickets or Christmas cards. matched

Plus, participants in this survey are asked to keep a two-week diary of all expenditure, rather than basing it on memory. matched

Cathy Farrow's research shows that it's actually quite a small pool of people who contribute large sums. matched

Looking at her figures, more than 90% of the total amount donated to charity is given by just half of the households that donate. matched

More or Less · Romanian Crime · 23 May 2014 podcast

28,000 Romanians were arrested in the last five years in the metropolitan police area alone. voice-verified

92% of all ATM crime in London is committed by Romanians. voice-verified

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I think you're right to ask because it's easy to misunderstand statistics when you make assumptions about what exactly they mean. voice-verified

And what do they mean? voice-verified

Well, not much really. voice-verified

There's no criminal offence of ATM crime and so there are no official statistics on the subject. voice-verified

So where did the number come from? voice-verified

UKIP were quite transparent about that. voice-verified

It's something a police officer said a couple of years ago in an ITV documentary. voice-verified

Here's a transcript. voice-verified

We went to the police officer's team, the Dedicated Check and Plastic Crime Unit in London, who told us the figure was based on police intelligence at that time. voice-verified

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