Housing And Cost Of Living Help To Explain The UK's Low Birth Rate, Report Finds

Since 2012, the UK’s fertility rate has dropped dramatically. 

In 2023, it reached a new low of 1.6 children; thinktank The Resolution Foundation said in their recent “Bye Bye Baby” report that 2024 figures suggest it could “fall further still”.

Some are concerned we’re “unprepared” for the consequences of this trend, worrying that an ageing population might place enormous pressure on public services without a broad tax base to counterbalance that strain.

But the Bye Bye Baby...