all those references to "the north" annoyed steven tate, who wrote in from roswell in midlothian.f the economy has been in the headlines this week. on tuesday, the international monetary fund downgraded the uk's growth forecast for this year. but also in the spotlight has been the bbc�*s own reporting of economics. the international monetary fund has predicted that the uk economy will shrink and perform worse than all other major economies, including russia this year, as the cost of living continues to hit households. while the report into the bbc�*s coverage of taxation, public expenditure, government borrowing and government debt was commissioned by the bbc itself. it was the first of a series of reviews assessing whether due impartiality is being achieved across the corporation's output. it made some striking findings. although the report's authors, thejournalist michael blastland and the economist sir andrew dilnot found plenty to applaud, they also concluded that too manyjournalists lack an understanding of basic economics, and they said there were risks to impartiality from

all those references to "the north" annoyed steven tate, who wrote in from roswell in midlothian.d and the economist sir andrew dilnot found plenty to applaud, they also concluded that too manyjournalists lack an understanding of basic economics, and they said there were risks to impartiality from presenting a narrow range of views. those criticisms struck a chord with a number of viewers, such asjeff kay, who wrote: peter underwood thought: and jacob aron added: nobody from the bbc was available to discuss the review�*s findings, although it did tell us that the corporation's board has asked the executive team for an action plan to address the challenges it lays out. but i am pleased to say that i'm joined on the line from oxford by one of the review�*s co—authors, sir andrew dilnot. so what were your key findings? did anything surprise you? so our key findings were — well, firist of all, i should say that we spoke we spoke to a very large number of people both inside and outside the organisation, and we deliberately spoke to people who we thought would be critical, as well as su