Sun.Jun 30, 2024

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The baby bust: how Britain’s falling birthrate is creating alarm in the economy

The Guardian

Costs, the climate crisis and choice are all factors in a demographic revolution presenting huge challenges for government • The falling birthrate threatens a disaster so costly no politician dares think about it Having children has become an unaffordable luxury for many of her generation, says Vanessa, a 35-year-old project manager living in Brighton.

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What’s in the major parties’ Manifestos for mental health?

The Masked AMHP

So here we are with another General Election. And not before time. Since the Conservatives, who had been promising a revised Mental Health Act since the last General Election, finally ditched the published Mental Health Bill before it could be passed into law, it looks like a good time to see what the major national parties have to say about mental health in their manifestos.