Couples having children could become ‘culturally unusual’, warns Tory MP
by Daniel Martin, Telegraph:
A Tory MP has warned that it could soon become “culturally unusual” for couples to have children.
Miriam Cates, a leading member of the New Conservative group of backbenchers, said the UK’s declining birth rate was the “elephant in the room” when it came to discussions of Britain’s economic performance.
She said increasing immigration would not solve the problem because other countries would increasingly want to keep hold of their young people.
Ms Cates made her comments in a discussion with demography researchers at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, a global think tank.
She said: “My fear is that unless we reverse this decline rapidly, it will become so culturally unusual to have a child that people will just stop doing it altogether. We have got to start talking about solutions, otherwise we are going to be no better off in 2030.
“Politics is caught between the Right, who want lower taxes, and the Left, who want more spending, but the truth is that we can’t have lower taxes or more spending if we don’t have a workforce. It has nothing to do with politics or ideology. That is just the facts.”
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