{"id":87209,"date":"2026-04-01T09:57:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=87209"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:57:30","slug":"uk-birth-rate-hits-new-low-amid-financial-struggles-for-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/04\/01\/uk-birth-rate-hits-new-low-amid-financial-struggles-for-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"UK birth rate hits new low amid financial struggles for young people"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1ZSuzv.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Pregnant woman in blue dress holds her belly bump. Bright photo on white background\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New analysis by the Resolution Foundation indicates that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/bulletin\/news\/pension-age-fertility-birth-rate-b2938915.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">falling birth rates in the UK<\/a> are largely due to financial struggles rather than a reduced desire for parenthood. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/uk-birth-rate-hits-new-low-amid-financial-struggles-for-young-people\/ar-AA1ZSpqS?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69cceaca11d74e79b999cbacb8e8ce7a&amp;ei=61\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>New analysis by the Resolution Foundation indicates that\u00a0falling birth rates in the UK are largely due to financial struggles rather than a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cost-of-living-crisis"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pregnant-black.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87210,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87209\/revisions\/87210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}