On the 17th August 2023, the Office for National Statistics published a report which showed that the number of babies born in England and Wales in 2022 was the lowest since 2002.
Why is no-one having babies any more? What does this mean for the economy? Why do racists seem to be so bothered about this issue? Episode 14 of Jumping Off Points answers all these questions and more as hosts Aidan and Timbah discuss the many factors behind the falling birth rate, and how it’s connected to a white nationalist conspiracy theory.