[RichardCoulter]

I agree Re: privatisation (even though I lay myself open to accusations of being hypocritical).

I can't understand why, if as claimed, we need more people in the UK, the Government is doing all it can to limit people here from having children with its benefit cuts. Surely, people should be being bribed into having children if this is the case. This was the original intention of Family Allowance (now Child Benefit).

Perhaps they believe it to be better to let another country pay to raise a child and then 'import' them here as adults??

We are creating a rod for our own back by doing this with mass automation around the corner. There won't be enough work for those currently living here, let alone any more.