NEWS
Covid ‘baby bust’ fears as fertility rate falls to record low
Britain’s fertility rate is believed to have plummeted to the lowest level on record in the pandemic, surpassing its previous nadir in 2001 before a wave of immigration from the EU. The findings, set out in a new study by Southampton University’s Centre for Population Change, also warn up to 66,000 fewer children could be born across the UK by 2023, fuelling fears of a Covid ‘baby bust’ – Telegraph
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COMMENT
So much for the sisterhood, Carrie – Simon Walters, Mail
Spare us an annual Covid Memorial Day – Madeline Grant, Sunday Telegraph
E-scooter menace leaving chaos and death in its wake – Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday
