High fertility and migration could take population to 108m - The Times 28th November 2007

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Britain’s population could almost double by the end of the century to reach more than 108 million, according to Government projections. The latest figures came as a leading member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee predicted that thousands of Ireland’s East European migrant workers would head to London to help to construct the buildings for the Olympics. Professor David Blanchflower also gave warning that the flow of migrants from East Europe was part of an “inexorable move west”.

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