The question of where babies come from can be an uncomfortable one for parents to answer. Politicians seldom do better, but they need to come up with an answer soon, before London begins to resemble a retirement community.
The number of babies born in the capital has dropped by more than a fifth in the last decade. The “total fertility” rate, calculated based on the birth rate across different age groups, also fell by 30 per cent during the same 10-year period to 1.39 babies per woman, far below the rate of 2.1 required for a stable population.
