Nearly half of the British adults are closed or deciding to have children, there is a top factor concern with money, showing a new pole.
A survey of children aged 18 to 50 from Polsters Ipsos, especially shared IndependentThis indicates that 44 percent of adults plan to delay having children, or are fully deciding against it – with the cost of increasing children including food, clothes, and education, the most common has been quoted as (39 percent).
And a third future parents said they were closed Childcare cost in UK – Despite Extended free nursery rollout of government hours.
While one -third of the respondents said that they were not children because they did not just want, others said that they were kept away from apprehensions on climate change, with concern that how global warming would affect their child’s future, and how children can harm the environment.
Pol comes as a birth rate in England and Wales Lowest rate on recordAnd as deaths are expected to be out of birth in the UK since 2030.
Lord Michael Kisan, a vocal supporter of family stability, criticized a low birth rate underlying systemic issues and argued that parents need more financial assistance.
“The UK’s tax system discourages children’s having children; it is one of the least family favorable in OECD. No allowances are done for dependents, so our tax system also damages single parents. The current level of marriage allowance recognizes low-income or other parents of non-Kamai,” they argued in a house of Lords in November.
In 2023, was born in Britain. This is the difference Expected to widen only between 2030 and 2050According to estimates from the office of National Statistics (ONS). This means that most population growth is run by immigration rather than birth.
Education Secretary Bridget Philipson told Independent The decline in birth rates in June is a “major challenge” for Britain, which needs to be addressed.
He said: “I have heard from many people that the options they wanted were forced, when a family has to start and how many children they have, which are from factors such as childcare cost, housing costs, instability at work.”
Since 2010, the UK has declined by 25 percent, the fertility rate is rapidly decreasing compared to any other G7 nation. However, women still have average more children in Japan, Italy and Canada than those.
Despite the progression of flexible working and parents’ holiday, some parents voted that they believe that children are now harder to be raised compared to previous generations, the cost of life and the price of housing is increasing beyond salary.
Most adults (56 percent) believe that it is difficult to become a parent in Britain today 20 years ago, 61 percent of women said that it was now difficult to lift a child than men (52 percent).
And even older generations agreed, with people who are most likely to believe with children between 55 to 75 years of age (59 percent) that paternity is now compared to two decades ago.
The decline in birth rates has discussed a lot among politicians.
Recently, Nigel Faraj pledged that if the reform came to power as part of the “180-degree shift” to reverse the low birth rate, he would eliminate two-child-profit hats.
But their stand is not yet fully lived on the public, which still rely on more labor than any other party to support parents and families, according to Epsos’s pole.
This hair is despite the refusal of the Sir Kire Stmper to remove two-child profit hats, after pledging to reduce poverty. Public rebellion spark among labor MPs,
Meanwhile, toris are less really trusted to support families than both improvement and labor. The current leader of the party, Kemi Badenoch, has earlier stated that he believes that maternity salary is “excessive”, and “on profit should take equal responsible decisions about children’s children”.
But more than 1 in 5 people said that they do not trust any big party to support families with their policies.
Facing affordable housing is the most popular policy change, which, according to 42 percent of IPSOS respondents, will have more children.
The cost of renting in Britain has now reached a new record height, according to this RightmovAsk the rent at £ 1,365 per month from the average. Meanwhile, fewer youth are buying houses, as housing prices are away from increase in wages.
More than 1 3 adults also believe that making childcare more economical for parents with preschool children will encourage more people for children.
The government has rolled out 15 hours of free childcare for children between nine months to two years of age, which will be extended to 30 hours of childcare a week from September.
However, the recent calculation from the Institute of Fiscal Studies, has been reported by the recent calculations Independent, Show that uptake is expected to be 25 percent higher than expectations, and since the number of childcare locations in recent years has barely increased, it will struggle for safe places for many people.
There will be no doubt to improve access to free nursery hours, because full -time childcare on average at average cost between 37 to 43 percent Average income in Britain,