UK birth rate decline could push state pension age to 75 – report

• A report by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) indicates that about three million women in the UK are projected not to have children under current trends, representing 600,000 fewer births compared to previous generations.
• The CSJ attributes the decline in birth rates to factors including falling marriage rates, women having children later in life, and men delaying adulthood.
• It suggests that men should be encouraged to marry and enter the workforce younger to address the trend.
• The report, backed by former Tory MP Miriam Cates, proposes 'pro-natal' policies like tax cuts to incentivise family growth, but stresses that addressing low marriage rates is a prerequisite.
• The think tank warns that continued low fertility could necessitate raising the state pension age to 75 by 2093 to maintain the balance between pensioners and working-age individuals.

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Women ‘missing out’ on motherhood because of ‘delay’ in men maturing, think tank claims