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NEW data has revealed the brutal impact on 100,000 single-parent families of the Tories’ “two-child cap” – a policy that has been loudly…

Brute economic forces at play as stagnating wages and housing costs keep young adults in parental home longer, say academics

Global fertility rates hit an historic tipping point and are unlikely to recover, experts say

Notion of Muslim-controlled areas unsafe for white people has been promoted by rightwingers since the early 2000s

As a result of rising rents, they have spent much of their income on housing costs and faced significant challenges to afford their own homes or build up a pension pot. The conditions have fuelled an image that millennials – shorn of the target of saving their income to acquire property – have...

Birth rates are falling – but the population in England will continue to rise.

From homes to hospital beds, this is how the UK will have to prepare for population growth which, driven by migrants, is predicted to head towards 80 million by 2036

They discovered that, in line with the country’s falling birth rates, there has been a decrease in young adults who intend to have children.

A comprehensive new survey reveals the changing face of UK families amid recent economic, social, and political turmoil.

Funding to support ‘core teaching’ in higher education is being reduced by 6 per cent

Workers may avoid moving to Scotland and doctors will reject promotions because of the SNP 's tax hikes, a top economist has warned.

Researchers from the International Blast Injury Research Network at the University of Southampton conducted a survey to understand how the mental health of displaced Ukrainians has been affected by the ongoing war. Their findings, published in PLOS Global Public Health, describe high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and generalized anxiety among both refugees and people displaced within Ukraine.

A new study reveals severe mental health impacts among displaced Ukrainians due to the ongoing conflict with Russia.

Official data laying bare the stark divide between local authorities reveals how the rate among women in parts of London has fallen by more than a third since 2001.

Recent data has shown primary and secondary schools are seeing fewer pupils apply for once coveted spaces

As the climate crisis rages, the cost of living spirals and global instability gathers pace, it's no wonder birth rates are plummeting

There will be some embarrassment at Holyrood that the cut in national insurance means a tax reduction for Scottish workers courtesy of Westminster

Disgruntled television husbands like Archie Bunker and Al Bundy didn't paint the picture of marital bliss, but data suggests they were in the minority. In fact, marrie

The turnout divide between richer and poorer young voters is deepening, with millennial non-graduates and non-homeowners increasingly unlikely to vote compared to their graduate and homeowning counterparts since the last general election, according to new Resolution Foundation analysis published...

The baby boomers clocked off at 12pm for a long lunch at the pub; Generation Z don’t stay late and refuse to answer emails out of hours. So how did the generations in between become anxious workaholics who are constantly on call? Helen Coffey digs into the unhealthy work ethic that defines the millennial workforce

Less than a fifth of millennials, specifically those between 26 and 35, are certain that they want to become parents one day. This inclination further diminishes among individuals with pronounced…

With UK birth rates continuing to fall, researchers surveyed thousands between the ages of 18 and 59 on subjects from partnerships to marriage to fertility history.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said it was ‘very disappointed’ with the spending plans