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Britain's population rises by 400,000 in a year and 'will hit 70 million in 2027'

IMMIGRATION has resulted in Britain's population rising by 400,000 last year and the total is expected to hit 70 million in eight years, two years earlier than previous predictions.

In the year to mid-2018, births were two per cent fewer and deaths were three per cent more. But net increase in international migration resulted in population increasing by 0.6 per cent.


While the total number of migrants to the UK was 626,000, a 10 per cent increase on the previous year, the number leaving the UK was 351,000, a three per cent increase.

Net migration of 275,000 was "broadly in line" with the average of the last five years, the Office for the National Statistics said.

"For the fifth year in a row, net international migration was a bigger driver of population change than births and deaths," Neil Park of the ONS said.

"However, overall population change to the year mid-2018 has remained fairly stable as an increase in net international migration has been roughly matched by the fewest births in over a decade and the highest number of deaths since the turn of the century."

The four local authorities with the fastest-growing population were all in central London – the City of London, Westminster, Camden and Tower Hamlets – as 237,300 people moved to the capital.

Lord Green of Deddington, chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “These latest statistics underline the consequences of the Government’s failure to bring immigration under control and in line with their repeated promises and the strong wishes of the public.

“The candidates for the Conservative leadership should be invited to say what they propose to do about it.”

Robin Maynard, from charity Population Matters, said the latest figures gave "no grounds for complacency" about UK population growth.

"Birth rates and migration fluctuate from year to year but our already unsustainable population is continuing to rise and that will continue until a positive strategy is put in place to address it," he was quoted as saying.

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