UK birth rate crisis: Britons aren’t having children because they can’t afford it, poll reveals
Almost half of British adults, resisting or deciding on having children, money has the best factor concern.
Surveyors are a survey between 18 and 50 years from IPSOS, only Independent44 percent of adults plans to delay or decide against having children – the most common reason for the cost of raising children, including food, clothing and education (39 percent).
And one -third of the possible parents said that although the government’s long free nursery hours were presented, they were postponed at the cost of child care in the UK.
One -third of the respondents said that they are afraid of climate change because they do not want to say that they do not have children, and that they are worried about how global warming will affect the future of their children and how children can harm the environment.
The questionnaire comes because the birth rates in the UK and Wales are at the lowest rate in the recording and deaths are expected to be more than 2030 in England.
Michael Farmer, a vocal supporter of family stability, criticized systemic problems under low birth rates and argued that parents need more financial support.
“The UK’s tax system deterrences to give birth to children; one of the least family friends in OECD [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]. No permission for addicts, so our tax system is disadvantageous with its only parents. The current marriage allowance is less recognized by the second parents with low -profitable or earned. ”
More people died in 2023 than he was born in England. According to projections from the National Statistics Office (OK), this gap is expected to expand only between 2030 and 2050. This means that the majority of population growth is caused by migration rather than birth.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson Independent In June, the upright decrease in birth rates is a “great challenge için for England.
“I heard when a family will start from many people and how many children are restricted by factors such as child care costs, housing costs, instability in the workplace.”
Fertility rates are shrinking faster than other G7 nations that have fallen by 25 percent in the UK since 2010. However, women still have a little more children than those in Japan, Italy and Canada.
Despite the developments in flexible work and parent’s leave, some parents said that they believe that childbags are now more difficult than previous generations, and that the cost of life and housing price went beyond the wage.
The majority of adults (56 percent) believe that being a parent in the UK is more difficult than 20 years ago, and 61 percent of women are now more difficult to raise a child than men (52 percent).
And even older generations, with those aged 55 to 75, the highest probability of believing that parenting is now more difficult than twenty years ago (59 percent) accepted.
The decline in birth rates has created a lot of controversy among politicians.
Recently, when Nigel Farage came to power within the scope of “180 -degree change” to reverse low birth rates, two children promised to remove the benefit limit.
However, according to IPSOS’s survey, the people who trust more than the other parties have not yet fully gained their stance, their parents and families.
This, although Sir Keir Starmer refused to abolish the benefit limit with two children after promising to reduce the poverty of the child, which led to public rebellion among labor force deputies.
Meanwhile, Tories is less reliable than both reform and labor to support families. Kemi Badenoch, the current leader of the party, said that he had previously believed that the motherhood payment was “extreme ve and that“ the families of the benefits should make the same responsible decisions about having children with everyone ”.
However, more than five people said they did not trust any big party to support their families with their policies.
According to 42 percent of IPSOS participants, the fight against affordable housing is the most popular policy change, which will lead to more children.
According to Rightmove, the cost of renting in Britain reached new record levels and requested a £ 1,365 rent per month. In the meantime, the housing prices are very far behind the increase in wages.
More than all three adults believe that making child care more affordable for parents with preschool children will encourage more people to have children.
The government has published 15 hours of free child care for children aged nine months to two years, which will be extended for 30 hours of child care per week from September.
However, the latest calculations from the Institute of Financial Research Independent, Since it will be 25 percent higher than expected, and in recent years, the number of child care places has barely increased, it will be a struggle to secure many people.
Improving access to free nursery clocks will undoubtedly be a pleasant movement, because full -time child care average costs are between 37 and 43 percent The average income in the UK.
