Why it will take more than €1 villas to solve a population crisis

Italy is trying to boost its shrinking population to save itself, while Britain is cracking down on illegal immigration but still has a jobs crisis to solve.

Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent

Apr 28, 2023 – 10.53am

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London | “This country’s in a right mess, isn’t it?” a taxi driver said to me during a recent trip to the north of England.

At the time everyone was talking about the wave of industrial action and the parlous state of the health service. So I assumed that’s what he meant, and tentatively agreed. But he had something else on his mind.

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Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondentHans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London.