Brexit and population increase "to change UK radically" by 2030

Image copyright Getty Images Life in the UK will undergo “radical” change in the 2020s due to Brexit, population changes and jobs being taken by robots, a think tank has predicted.
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said there would be a Brexit “aftershock” and that the UK"s exit from the EU would be “the firing gun on a decade of disruption”.
It identified wide-ranging factors that would “reshape how we live and work”.
The government has promised to “forge a new role” for the UK in the world.
In its report, the IPPR, a centre-left think tank, said Brexit would be one of the major “disruptive forces” in the years ahead, saying the vote had delivered a “profound shock” to the UK"s political and economic order which was likely to set the country on a path of permanently lower growth and living standards.
It also anticipated a “demographic tipping point” with a population boom and the number of people aged 65 and over predicted to rise by a third by the end of the ..

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Call to halve prison population to 45,000 in England and Wales

Image copyright PA The prison population of England and Wales should be cut to 45,000, a former deputy prime minister and two former home secretaries have urged.
In a letter to the Times, Nick Clegg, Ken Clarke and Jacqui Smith said jails had become unacceptably dangerous.
They said inmate numbers had risen to more than 85,000 since Michael Howard declared in 1993 that “prison works”.
The cross-party trio pointed out that almost half of inmates are re-convicted within a year of being released.
Former Lib Dem leader Mr Clegg, Conservative Mr Clarke and Labour"s Mrs Smith said the recent violent unrest at Birmingham Prison was a “wake-up call for this country”.
Riot teams restored order to all four wings of HMP Birmingham last week after more than 12 hours of rioting described as the worst since events at Strangeways 26 years ago.
"Order, security and purpose"The trio"s letter said there had been a 31% increase in prison assaults in the past year, and one prisoner ki..

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