UK Politicians Ducking Issue of Fertility Rates While Focusing on Immigration, Says Expert Demographer

Paul Morland, a demographer and author, has claimed the general election will go by without political leaders addressing the issue of low UK fertility rates.
UK Politicians Ducking Issue of Fertility Rates While Focusing on Immigration, Says Expert Demographer
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Chris Summers
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Politicians should be tackling the dangerously low fertility rates in Britain—rather than just addressing the issue of immigration—or the country risks sleepwalking into a situation where there are not enough people of working age to pay for an increasingly ageing population, according to one of the country’s top demographers.

Demographer and author Paul Morland said fertility rates in Britain were so low the country risked following in the footsteps of Japan, which has a shrinking and ageing population which is threatening its economic future.

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