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Challenges and opportunities of an expanding population
Geoff Riley
17th April 2009
The evergreen “Big Question” feature in the Independent today looks at demographic economics. The number of people in the UK is growing by 1,000 a day. There are 61 million people officially resident in Britain today and this is expected to grow by 4.4 million by 2016 - Is Britain going to be able to support an ever-expanding population?
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.