Social Market Foundation suggests measures including better childcare provision to increase the nation’s birthrate during the ‘baby shortage’ Britain is facing a “baby shortage” that could lead to “long-term economic stagnation”, a thinktank has said. Last year the number of children per woman averaged 1.58 in England and Wales, compared with 2.93 in 1964 – … Continue reading UK ‘baby shortage’ could lead to economic decline, says thinktank