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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Families should have more children to care for ageing UK population, minister says

Robert Jenrick
Robert Jenrick told an event at Conservative party conference that more homes needed to be built so young people could settle down and have children. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Robert Jenrick has called for British families to have more children to help fund and look after an ageing population, after criticising Boris Johnson’s government for encouraging low-skilled workers to come to the UK.

The immigration minister said the government needed to “encourage more families to have children” as he suggested there should be further cuts in the number of care visas issued to migrant workers.

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