The pensioners who decide government policy
Winter fuel is not the only untouchable benefit for this electorally powerful cohort.
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The question of childlessness
With the fertility rate falling across the West, there is much more affecting parents’ decisions than the economy.
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The disturbing rise of tech-bro pronatalism
A growing group of Silicon Valley figures are agitating for people to have more children – as a solution to…
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Elon Musk wants us to have more children
Is demography the new front line of the culture wars?
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Generation Not Yet
A quietly incendiary new book reveals why millennials, paralysed by doubt, are struggling to make the leap into parenthood.
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The global ageing crisis is becoming unignorable
As Japan’s prime minister Kishida Fumio has warned, low birth rates will revolutionise society – and it is a worldwide…
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2022 Census data reveals how the population of England and Wales has shifted
The data tells a story of deindustrialisation in the north and investment and jobs in the south-east.
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Why has the right gone natalist?
There’s something disconcerting about the conservative penchant for telling women they need to breed.
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The baby bust: How a declining birth rate will reshape the world
We are now facing a demographic winter that will transform the way we live.
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