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 · Romanian Crime · 23 May 2014 podcast

And there are seven times as many polls in the UK than Romanians. voice-verified

So it's not unreasonable to say there's an issue here. voice-verified

I've also been able to work out the types of crimes for which Romanians are convicted. voice-verified

Theft. voice-verified

And by a large margin. voice-verified

About three quarters of the offences for which Romanians were convicted related to theft. voice-verified

And a smaller proportion for burglary. voice-verified

And that's in the most recent year of data that I have available. voice-verified

Well, Romania's ambassador to the UK, Dr. Ion Ginga, says crime committed by Romanians is going down. voice-verified

Well, you can get an idea of that by looking at the numbers of Romanians in prison. voice-verified

We know that in London alone, Romanians were charged with an offence around 10,000 times over five years. voice-verified

But there were only 588 Romanians in prison in the entire UK on 31 March this year. voice-verified

That suggests not many people get convicted of serious crimes which carry a long prison sentence. voice-verified

Staff are reminded that correlation does not equal causation and that sometimes correlation isn't even really correlation. voice-verified

And remember, Alan Yentop's homemade scones are on special in the canteen today. voice-verified

More or Less · Tax Dodgers and Benefits Cheats · 16 May 2014 podcast

Howard Donald and Mark Owen. voice-verified

Well, let's get back to the point. voice-verified

Now, we've been wondering about tax avoidance and its illegal sibling tax evasion. voice-verified

Do we put enough effort into catching tax dodgers, both outright frauds and those like Gary Barlow who've attempted to find legal loopholes in the tax rules? voice-verified

If you believe a catchy statistic that's been doing the rounds on Facebook and Twitter, we're far too focused on benefit cheats and don't care about tax fraud at all. voice-verified

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