Yes but by 2050 the percentage of the UK population who are aged over 65 will be 24% as opposed to 17% in 2012 so to overcome this deficit we either need to increase our birth rate, increase the pension age even further or increase immigration which increases birth rate - I know which I'd prefer.
Sorry, I had you down as more intelligent than that. An ageing population is an increasing median age in the population of a region due to declining fertility rates. More people die than are being born - thought you would have read post 824 - German population is forecast-ed to decrease by 10 million by 2070. Or are you just being pedantic as you really do know what that means when talking about housing prices?
(And it's probably mealy mouthed to now add as per the end of the article that despite this Britain is nowhere near full and there is a lot of potential for more housing) - But will no longer use this easy glib anecdote/point again ( and will look forward to someone quoting it so I can then smugly say actually thats not true because....)
That's ok no problem as I didn't have you down as that intelligent but I did presume we were both talking about housing prices now not in 2070?
The 2016 estimate I have for over percentage of over 65's is 21.76 for Germany and 17.9% for UK which would seem to be more comparing Golden Delicious apples with Cox's apples than with Pears despite any accompanying emoji?
You didn't quote the full report after that point: An updated version of this study, considering the period between 1992 and 2014, found similar results. This study found that a 1% rise in the share of immigrants reduced averages wages in unskilled and semi-skilled service sector by just under 0.2%. These impacts were reviewed in two recent government studies by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and by the Migration Advisory Committee, respectively. The wage effects of immigration are likely to be greatest for resident workers who are immigrants themselves The available research also shows that any declines in wages are likely to be greatest for resident workers who are themselves migrants. This is because the skills of new immigrants are likely to be more similar to the skills of migrants already employed in the UK than for those of UK-born workers. A study from 2012 which analysed data from 1975-2005 concluded that the main impact of increased immigration is on the wages of immigrants already in the UK. They find that university-educated immigrants are particularly impacted by migration, but that there is little effect on the wage of the UK-born.
That goes without saying really - immigrants coming to Britain that can't speak English will be in direct competition for jobs with - you guessed it, immigrants that can't speak English! Who'd have thought it?
your stupid post doesn't include gardens and driveways,in reality golf courses account for 1/5 the land of housing.You may want to live in a concrete block with no grass or wildlife,but the world can not survive in your weirdo utopia
So you voted for Brexit so you could migrate to NZ - finally a reason! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ver-drive-to-attract-brexit-britains-builders
