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  • Children today will ‘work until 75’ amid pensions timebomb, think tank warns

    Economics

    Children currently in primary school are set to work until the age of 75 as the “collapsing” birthrate blows a black hole in public finances, a think tank has warned. The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has released a report claiming the UK is heading towards a “demographic cliff edge”. The report suggests the state [...]

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  • Let’s be honest, birthrates won’t go up without a religious revival

    Opinion

    Pro-natalist policies are welcome – but are unlikely to impact birthrates without a concurrent social shift to more traditional values.

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