A ‘pro-natal culture’ has been argued for
(Picture: PA Wire)Taxing the childless has been proposed as one way of addressing the country’s employment gap.
The case was argued by Paul Morland, a demographer at St Antony’s College, Oxford, in an article in The Times, in response to 2021 census figures for England and Wales showing a slowing-down in population growth. His analysis finds that while older generations are still increasing in size, the number of under-fives is lower than it was a decade ago.
