London Population Boom

[vernonk]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1967968/sky-high-immigration-adds-staggering-100000-people-a-year-to-the-population-of-greater-london-as-high-birth-rates-pushes-it-towards-megacity-status/
Concerned? What do you the Mayor will do about it?

[webbo3]

Bazile

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//Brilliant reason to live in Bristol and not London. //

Don't be comfortable in that thought - In a few years time Bristol will be dealing with the overspill from London and you will be forced to move out into the Celtic Sea and live on a barge//


No problem, as long as i can take my fishing rod and a few bottles of single Islay malt.


Dave.

[Baldric]

The gift that keeps on giving ;o)

[Zacs-Master]

I see most of the posts concentrate on the negative aspects of city growth, or use the headline as a way to shoehorn their prudjudices into the 'debate'. It's not necessarily the case that it is a negative thing.

'The Fast Growth Cites are among the UK cities with the highest GVA per worker,
with three featuring among the top 10 cities in the UK – Milton Keynes, Oxford and
Swindon (Table 1). Combined, the Fast Growth Cities generate £57,000 per worker;
over £3,000 more than the British average of £53,700.'

http://www.centreforcities.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Fast-Growth-Cities.pdf

[Gromit]

We are told London will become a megacity and its population will reach 10 million by 2025.

So everyone seems to be agreed that Mrs May will continue to add 150,000 immigrants every year to London's population over the next decade.

So we can expect a 50% increase on these already Sky high, stagger, explosive figures if the Conservative are in office?

[naomi24]

Gromit, the figures are based on what has been happening up until now, but don’t let that stop you spinning.

[mushroom25]

//'The Fast Growth Cites are among the UK cities with the highest GVA per worker,
with three featuring among the top 10 cities in the UK – Milton Keynes, Oxford and
Swindon (Table 1). Combined, the Fast Growth Cities generate £57,000 per worker;
over £3,000 more than the British average of £53,700.' //

they are also the cities that are permanent building sites as infrastructure owners and managers try to keep up with spiralling demand. the recent upgrade undertaken by Thames Water which was meant to future-proof against growth until 2030 (and which cost billions) has already largely been overtaken.

[Zacs-Master]

'they are also the cities that are permanent building sites as infrastructure owners and managers try to keep up with spiralling demand'

Even more positives then in terms of employement. Maybe it's the local construction industry which accounts for the £3k GVA per worker?

[mushroom25]

//Even more positives then//

fine, as long as you consider years and years of 24/7 dust, noise, tipper trucks and all the detritus that the construction workers leave in their wake as a "positive"?

[Gromit]

// Gromit, the figures are based on what has been happening up until now, but don’t let that stop you spinning. //

If my answer is wrong it is because the newspaper is wrong.
The stats they have given is based on a 50% increase for the next 10 years. If that is spin, then it is the Sun's spin not mine.

[naomi24]

//Even more positives then in terms of employement.//

... but only if you're in the building trade ....

[fiction-factory]

1% is not a staggering rise however you look at it. Yes it's 100000 too and whilst it's not a drop in the ocean and it's a large figure it puts the issue in perspective. Why deny that? Basic maths. It puts the figures in perspective. Maybe the fact that faces are often brown makes a difference

[naomi24]

fiction-factory , //Maybe the fact that faces are often brown makes a difference//

Don’t be rude now. Whether it’s 1% or 50%, 100,000 extra people year on year – whatever the colour of their faces - is a lot to accommodate. It's unrealistic to suggest otherwise.

[fiction-factory]

Has divebuddy had chance to consider my query about the figures after being so dismissive of my post pointing out that the "high birth rate " explanation figure seems at odds with the statement that the number of children is falling by 30000. Unless the paper doesn't count babies are children or is only referring to migrant babies but white child/teenage leavers.

[fiction-factory]

the article does juxtapose high immigration and birth rates and does talk about migrant births.

[naomi24]

fiction-factory, As I read it immigration alone accounts for 100,000 exra people a year. High birth rates within the capital add to that number. However, some parents along with their children are moving out of London due to the high cost of housing. I thought it was quite clear. Perhaps divebuddy will disagree.

[Gromit]

The Conservatives doubled immigration compared to Labour, and now they are projected to double their own dismal record. If you are concerned about these huge rises, you should probably vote for a party other than the one in power.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

/// If you are concerned about these huge rises, you should probably vote for a party other than the one in power. ///

What party do you suggest Gromit?

You know, one that if one votes for them they are not classed racist, xenophobic, knuckle draggers, or neo-Nazis, or any other insult that one gets labelled with, if they dare to vote any other that Left of centre.