(Worthy Watch) – Britain’s top demographics expert has said the falling number of babies born in Britain is a “good thing” after new data showed the number of births had hit a 20-year low.
Professor Sarah Harper CBE, founder and director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and a former government adviser, said falling birth rates in the West were “good for… our planet”.
Her comments came after official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed there were 605,479 live births in England and Wales last year, the lowest number since 2002. [ Source (Read More…) ]
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UK population collapse ‘good for the planet’ as number of newborns hits 20-year low
Sarah Harper, Britain’s top demographics expert, is an WEF advisor.