Population Of England Increases Massively - Second Largest Increase In Europe

26th June 2014

The population of the UK is growing faster than most major European countries, breaking through 64million for the first time.

The number of people living in Britain rose by 400,000 last year, the equivalent of adding an entire city the size of Bristol.

It means that in the last decade the population has risen by 5million, the same increase seen in the previous 40 years.

There were 212,100 more births than deaths (53 per cent of the increase) compared to 183,400 more immigrants arriving than emigrants leaving (46 per cent).

Migration Watch UK said a rise of 400,000 in a single year was the equivalent of adding two cities the size of Portsmouth to the population.

Alp Mehmet, vice chairman of Migration Watch, described the growth as 'clearly unsustainable' and claimed it raised serious questions about the ability of public services and infrastructure to cope.

'The Government will have to build schools, GP surgeries, hospitals and homes as well as expand an already creaking infrastructure in order to cope with this demand at a time when there is very little money to spare,' Mr Mehmet said.





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BigAndy9 wrote:26th June 2014

The population of the UK is growing faster than most major European countries, breaking through 64million for the first time.

The number of people living in Britain rose by 400,000 last year, the equivalent of adding an entire city the size of Bristol.

It means that in the last decade the population has risen by 5million, the same increase seen in the previous 40 years.

There were 212,100 more births than deaths (53 per cent of the increase) compared to 183,400 more immigrants arriving than emigrants leaving (46 per cent).

Migration Watch UK said a rise of 400,000 in a single year was the equivalent of adding two cities the size of Portsmouth to the population.

Alp Mehmet, vice chairman of Migration Watch, described the growth as 'clearly unsustainable' and claimed it raised serious questions about the ability of public services and infrastructure to cope.

'The Government will have to build schools, GP surgeries, hospitals and homes as well as expand an already creaking infrastructure in order to cope with this demand at a time when there is very little money to spare,' Mr Mehmet said.





Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2670751/Number-people-UK-smashes-64million-one-biggest-population-increases-Europe.html#ixzz35m2GYeld

Oh I'm so envious Andy!!, we can't get out population up past 5.2 million for Scotland!!

Some good news under the coalition , it's all going well eh