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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Anand Menon

Voices: Who cares that Britain is on course to be ‘minority white’?

Language is a funny thing. This week, a new report appeared to warn that the white British population could be a minority in the UK within 40 years. And it has brought out the worst in some of us.

An analysis of migration, birth and death rates by the University of Buckingham suggests the white British population is set to fall from its current 73 per cent, to 57 per cent by 2050, before becoming a minority by 2063.

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