From Times Online
August 27, 2009

in Brief:


The United Kingdoms population increased to a record 61.4 million last year - fuelled by a baby boom, in the 12 months to the middle of last year by 408,000 the biggest increase since 1972.


A record 1.3 million over-85s representing two percent of the overall UK population, Statistics show.






On net migration, the difference between those leaving and those arriving in the country fell to 118,000 in the 12 months. The figure was 44% lower than in the previous year the lowest since May 04 when eight former Soviet block states joined the European Union.
the expansion of the EU heralded the biggest wave of migration in the country’s history but today’s figure shows that the numbers from Eastern Europe are falling and many are leaving. Emigration from the eight states more than doubled to 66,000 in the 12 months to the end of December as the economic recession took a grip.

Karen Dunnell, national statistician, said a lot of work was underway to measure the impact of the economic downturn. “Unemployment and the economic situation is probably having an impact.”

Further evidence of a fall in East Europeans seeking work in the country by registering under a Home Office scheme had fallen by 42 per cent to 116,000.
There has also been a 6% fall in the number of National Insurance numbers, a requirement for work by all non-UK nationals.

The country’s population has risen by more than two million in the last eight years and last year for the first time in a decade, natural change - the difference between birth and death - overtook net migration as the main driver of population growth.

The increase in the number of births is linked to a rise in fertility rates which last year were 1.96, the highest since 1973 and because of an increase in the number of women of child-bearing age arising from the high levels of immigration over the last decade.

The Government is having enormous difficulty removing failed applicants from the UK. by a 22 per cent fall to 2,500 in the number of failed asylum applicants.

Full article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6811980.ece


Fluff...........

Where are they actually going with this is concerning, the highlighting of birth rates an linking it in immigration is wrong. Again I link the similarities to the NHS pensioner 'Cruel and neglectful' story that their is under tones of population control....

I'll put some up more on this..