Sir, The position on population growth is even more dire than portrayed by Clare Foges (“Let’s be honest about our overcrowded island”, Aug 5). Officially projected population growth depends on assumed net migration of 190,000 a year. That would take the UK population to nearly 80 million by 2040. In the official projection, 79 per cent of growth from 2018 is down to migrants and their children. Migration is the main source of household growth.

Source: The Times August 05, 2020 23:03 UTC