Let's be honest, birthrates won't go up without a religious revival

Let's be honest, birthrates won't go up without a religious revival

Pro-natalist policies are welcome – but are unlikely to impact birthrates without a concurrent social shift to more traditional values, writes Dr Rakib Ehsan It may have gone largely under the radar, but data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) last week underscored the reality of declining fertility rates in modern Britain. In 2024, the total fertility rate (TFR) – the average number of children a hypothetical woman would have…