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What does a billion pounds actually look like?

A billion... it’s hard to fathom.

It’s a number that’s thrown around a lot, from party manifestos to conference speeches, but how well do we really understand what it means?

Can mathematical gymnastics and time-bending scenarios anchor the number in reality?

The BBC's Mattea Bubalo explains.

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