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Have more children...and sooner, minister tells couples
Daily Express
|July 01, 2025
EDUCATION Secretary Bridget Phillipson has urged Britons to think about having more children - and having them sooner - amid declining birth rates.
She claimed the drop “tells a story, heartbreakingly, about the dashed dreams of many families”.
Latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows fertility rates in England and Wales dropped to 1.44 children per woman in 2023, the lowest since records began in 1938.
Ms Phillipson said people were scared of having children due to the high costs.
This story is from the July 01, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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