Net Zero Migration Would Shrink UK Population by 4 Million

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK rose to prominence advocating “net zero migration” after a post-pandemic surge in arrivals into Britain. But new official projections show such a policy would cut the UK’s population by almost 4 million by 2050 with potentially severe economic consequences.

Even without such a radical shift in Britain’s migration policy, the rise in the population is predicted to be far slower than previously expected, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday.