Overview

• Seventy percent of Britons say the government lacks any coherent plan to address rapid population growth, according to the report led by Lords Hodgson and Glasman.
• United Nations projections show the UK population rising from about 68 million today to between 74.3 million and over 86 million by 2100, driven largely by 14.3 million net migrants.
• The report highlights risks of overstretched housing, strained health and education systems, wage stagnation and environmental degradation.
• It calls for an independent Office for Demographic Change to collect data, set policy and restore public confidence in long-term planning.
• Record Channel crossings and a jump in foreign nationals on Universal Credit—from 906,018 in June 2022 to 1.26 million this summer—underscore mounting pressures on infrastructure and welfare.