Population Growth and Immigration

Back after a few days absence - finishing off a book on the mass media. Gosh, deadlines can take it out of you. Anyhow, I’m back now and there’s a lot to catch up with, what with some good resources popping up left, right and centre as I was in the throngs of finishing off the book. So, posts on a Sunday and on a bank holiday - talk about value for money!

First off, population. A report on the BBC last Thursday said that according to ONS, the UK population now stands at over 61million. But what most interested me was this bit:

“The total number of people passed 61m for the first time, with changes in birth and death rates now a bigger cause of growth than immigration. “

A great bit of data for teachers who need ammunition to dispell common myths about contemporary Britain.