Tom Coles
Producer and the programme's self-described 'sauna correspondent', presenting the sauna temperature segment and assisting with the physics explanation.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 29min
Can you get £71,000 on benefits?
Tom Coles, the programme’s self-styled sauna correspondent, Lizzy McNeill, a sharp fact-checker, and Joe Shalam, policy director at the Centre for Social Justice, unpack the £71,000 benefits claim. They examine how the figure is built, compare household versus individual income, probe incentives and disability rules, and also check related factoids about crime stats, GDP slips and a sauna temperature quirk.
