Population Expert Says UK Needs to Raise Fertility Rates or Face a Stark Choice Between Decline and Immigration

Population Expert Says UK Needs to Raise Fertility Rates or Face a Stark Choice Between Decline and Immigration
Demographer and author Paul Morland being interviewed by NTD in London on July 4, 2023. NTD
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Britain needs to raise its fertility rates or face a stark choice between economic decline or rising levels of immigrant labour, says one of the country’s most prominent population experts.

Demographer and author Paul Morland said if British people did not start having more children the country faced a “demographic nightmare” like Japan, which has seen a shrinking and ageing population which threatens its economic future.