Population: size isn’t everything

Debate about the UK’s growing population must move beyond statistics: we must maximise the benefits of migration, writes Jill Rutter of IPPR.
Once again, the release of Office for National Statistics (ONS) and European population projections has caused a flurry of anti-migration commentary in sectors of the media less comfortable with ethnic diversity. These population statistics [...]

Employers, migration and the ‘diversity dividend’ – IPPR

Government, local authorities and employers have underestimated the economic benefits that migrants bring to local economies, according to a new report to be published by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) in September.
The report, which looks at the local economic impacts of migration, argues that discussion about local economic impacts tend to focus on [...]