Brits have been urged to do their bit for Blighty and go at it like rabbits to boost the country’s flagging birthrate.
So-called “pronatalist” campaigners – those who follow a pro-birth philosophy – reckon the welfare state will be unsustainable unless we knock out more babies to pay taxes in the future.
The idea has spread from Silicon Valley boardrooms across the Atlantic, coinciding with a decline in the UK’s birthrate to 1.49 in 2022, the lowest since records began in 1939.
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Paul Morland, author of new book No One Left: Why the World Needs More Children, says Britain faces economic doom unless we go for it in the bedroom.
The demographer and father of three, 59, from London, said: “What we are seeing now is a significant decline. The question is, how bad is it? And the answer is, it’s pretty bad and getting worse.
“Among the consequences is the fact that we have pretty weak growth and we still have terrible labour shortages. I’m not sure our welfare state is going to be sustainable, when instead of four or five workers for every retiree we have two workers for every retiree.”
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Tory MP Miriam Cates, speaking at a conservative conference in London last year, spoke of a “collapsing birthrate” and claimed it was an “existential threat” to western countries.
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Chicken Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada, is an American institution – opening in 1976 and hosting a number of notable celebrities in its 48-year-history.
But while some people have criticised the legal brothel, its boss, Will Paccione, says the ranch provides a valuable public service. Read the full story here.
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