Britain’s Ageing Population
BRITAIN’S ageing population is a care system time bomb, admitted Health Secretary Andy Burnham last week. For the first time there are more people over 65 than under 18, say Department of Health figures. The number of people who have reached the age of 100 has broken the 10,000 barrier for the first [...]
Exodus of Britons growing
ALMOST 400,000 people quit Britain to find a better life abroad last year as the recession took hold.
A total of 395,000 people emigrated from the UK during 2008, a rise of 24 percent compared with the 318,000 who left in 2007 according to the Office of National Statistics.
Around 158,000 were [...]
The everyday facts of life in Britain
NEW MIGRANTS could get ‘welcome packs’ spelling out everyday facts of British life, a new report said.
It could include the British love of queuing and the unacceptability of spitting in the street,
The idea of ‘cultural briefing packs’ was proposed by the commission as a way to help new [...]
