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Thread #108120 Message #2253084
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
04-Feb-08 - 08:13 AM
Thread Name: BS: Multiculturalism
Subject: RE: BS: Multiculturalism
UK population 'to double in one lifetime'
By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor
Last Updated: 2:40am GMT 29/11/2007
The UK's population could almost double within a lifetime to more than 100 million, new figures have shown.
High immigration is also fuelling a baby boom because new arrivals tend to be younger
The extraordinary estimate issued by the Office for National Statistics yesterday came as a parliamentary committee heard evidence of the growing impact on schools and hospitals
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/27/npop127.xml