“More deaths than births would leave the UK facing a shrinking population unless it welcomed more migrants.
The think tank said: “These out-turns suggest that 2026 may be the first year in a new era when deaths exceed births by an ever-widening margin, forever closing a chapter in the demographics of this country that opened over a century ago.”
Higher immigration is definitely not the answer. It only serves to inflate the demand for a limited number of housing stock.
Lower immigration, replenish the housing stock, and more people will have the social mobility and stability to have and raise children.
FlaviousTiberius on
My main worry is that rather than try to improve life for people and put them in a position to have kids, that corporate interests will push for nasty policies like taxes on childless people just so they don’t have to part with any of their own money. Basically punishing younger people for doing whats in their economic best interest and what they were told growing up with the whole “don’t have kids you can’t afford!” stuff.
I’ve already seen the social media shills floating it on places like xitter which tends to be a vanguard warning of what they’re planning.
sarah_impalin76 on
Land fill is getting out of hand, It Looks like WW3 is on its way and all evidence points to possible future environmental collapse oh yeah we also have an expensive economy with less working rights that is unaffordable. Reading about these things should be a good deterrent for anyone who doesn’t want their future kids to suffer.
Use contraception no one deserves to be born into this future
Next_Replacement_566 on
Baby boomers of the 50’s and 60’s with 5 kids each
Humble_Dirt_5751 on
Sorry my fault for the death ratio lads, I had a busy 2025
jeramyfromthefuture on
Who wants a baby born into the world when it only cares about billionaires.
helpnxt on
Unless things change…
Also this is something that is being seen in most Countries in the World
colin_staples on
This should satisfy the “we are full up” crowd
Oh, wait, now they’ll complain about the economic impact
Hot-Palpitation4888 on
someone explain this to me, why can’t the population reduce? In 1900 the population was between 38/41 million? What was the issue then? Surely less people will free housing etc for everyone and wouldn’t the economy just retract accordingly? Why do we need our population to constantly be rising?
R3tr0N3wB on
Just in time for a new industrial revolution, AI and Robots.
Strict_Counter_8974 on
Why do we NEED to have more people during a permanent housing crisis?
Toastlove on
>population shrinking
Everyone bangs on about over population but populations are never allowed to decrease.
most_crispy_owl on
I think this is fine for a decade or so, just because the birth rate is reducing now doesn’t mean we need high immigration now. We can lag it for a while to allow other issues to cool off. The UK is such a desirable place to emigrate to that if we allow it to happen we’ll get swamped
ucardiologist on
Most probably that safe and effective booster are really doing their job now.
plawwell on
Less taxpayers. More older people who can’t work. The cost of a pensioner to taxpayer will eventually be 1:1.
RickkyBobby01 on
If reform were in power this headline would read “Farage handles immigration! Sets sights on fixing birth rates next!”
AdviceHefty4561 on
Everything except directly trying to improve society will be on the table.
Line must go up!
OrinocoHaram on
shit! this could be a huge problem. The aging population will need a lot of resources spent and a lot of people willing to work in nursing and care homes.
I sure hope we don’t have a deeply weird obsession with immigration that would prevent us from getting in the people we need to function!
mattius3 on
The cost of living is far too high, wealth inequality is getting worse, wages are barely rising while corporate profits are climbing. There is an obvious answer to all of this.
AmbitiousYam1047 on
Hooray for population decline. Now all the wages will magically go up. Dunno who’ll actually work, but fuck it.
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“More deaths than births would leave the UK facing a shrinking population unless it welcomed more migrants.
The think tank said: “These out-turns suggest that 2026 may be the first year in a new era when deaths exceed births by an ever-widening margin, forever closing a chapter in the demographics of this country that opened over a century ago.”
Higher immigration is definitely not the answer. It only serves to inflate the demand for a limited number of housing stock.
Lower immigration, replenish the housing stock, and more people will have the social mobility and stability to have and raise children.
My main worry is that rather than try to improve life for people and put them in a position to have kids, that corporate interests will push for nasty policies like taxes on childless people just so they don’t have to part with any of their own money. Basically punishing younger people for doing whats in their economic best interest and what they were told growing up with the whole “don’t have kids you can’t afford!” stuff.
I’ve already seen the social media shills floating it on places like xitter which tends to be a vanguard warning of what they’re planning.
Land fill is getting out of hand, It Looks like WW3 is on its way and all evidence points to possible future environmental collapse oh yeah we also have an expensive economy with less working rights that is unaffordable. Reading about these things should be a good deterrent for anyone who doesn’t want their future kids to suffer.
Use contraception no one deserves to be born into this future
Baby boomers of the 50’s and 60’s with 5 kids each
Sorry my fault for the death ratio lads, I had a busy 2025
Who wants a baby born into the world when it only cares about billionaires.
Unless things change…
Also this is something that is being seen in most Countries in the World
This should satisfy the “we are full up” crowd
Oh, wait, now they’ll complain about the economic impact
someone explain this to me, why can’t the population reduce? In 1900 the population was between 38/41 million? What was the issue then? Surely less people will free housing etc for everyone and wouldn’t the economy just retract accordingly? Why do we need our population to constantly be rising?
Just in time for a new industrial revolution, AI and Robots.
Why do we NEED to have more people during a permanent housing crisis?
>population shrinking
Everyone bangs on about over population but populations are never allowed to decrease.
I think this is fine for a decade or so, just because the birth rate is reducing now doesn’t mean we need high immigration now. We can lag it for a while to allow other issues to cool off. The UK is such a desirable place to emigrate to that if we allow it to happen we’ll get swamped
Most probably that safe and effective booster are really doing their job now.
Less taxpayers. More older people who can’t work. The cost of a pensioner to taxpayer will eventually be 1:1.
If reform were in power this headline would read “Farage handles immigration! Sets sights on fixing birth rates next!”
Everything except directly trying to improve society will be on the table.
Line must go up!
shit! this could be a huge problem. The aging population will need a lot of resources spent and a lot of people willing to work in nursing and care homes.
I sure hope we don’t have a deeply weird obsession with immigration that would prevent us from getting in the people we need to function!
The cost of living is far too high, wealth inequality is getting worse, wages are barely rising while corporate profits are climbing. There is an obvious answer to all of this.
Hooray for population decline. Now all the wages will magically go up. Dunno who’ll actually work, but fuck it.