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Demographics and population

  • Wednesday, 9 July, 2025
    Scientific research
    Brain ageing is the best predictor of longevity, scientists find

    Researchers develop blood tests to study ‘biological age’ of the body’s organs and tissues

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  • Tuesday, 8 July, 2025
    Personal Finance
    Young people delay significant life events due to cash crunch

    Under-40s put off weddings, home purchases and even divorce to save money

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  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
    Markets InsightLiz Ann Sonders
    US immigration shift may have profound economic consequences

    Ramifications include lower growth potential, tighter labour markets and heightened inflationary pressures

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  • Thursday, 3 July, 2025
    Leo Lewis
    Japan’s great unsticking has begun

    The end of the zero-interest era is unleashing competition in the banking sector and changes in saver and investor behaviour

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  • Thursday, 3 July, 2025
    Alice Ross
    Stop telling women they are cautious investors

    As the gender investment gap rises, it’s time to make lazy gender categorisations a thing of the past

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  • Wednesday, 2 July, 2025
    Generation Z
    Gen Z acquires taste for drinking as cost of living pressures ease

    Survey shows drop in abstinence among young adults as drinks industry battles perception of structural decline

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  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
    USAID
    USAID cuts threaten 14mn extra deaths by 2030, warns study

    Slashed US aid agency’s funding is expected to harm the fight against diseases including malaria and HIV/Aids

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  • Saturday, 28 June, 2025
    Pensions
    Unrealistic pension expectations among young ‘very concerning’

    Four in 10 aged under 40 believe state retirement benefit will be as good or better than today, says survey

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  • Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
    Parenting and families
    Nearly ‘one child in every classroom’ is typically born using IVF in UK

    Official data shows rise in single patients and female same-sex couples opting for assisted fertility treatments

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  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Special ReportThe Business of Tennis
    Tennis recruits TikTok as it chases the next wave of fans

    The sport has had mixed success in its efforts to appeal to Gen Z

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  • Saturday, 21 June, 2025
    Italy pioneers subsidised egg-freezing to tackle demographic crisis

    Southern region of Puglia and central government offer differing initiatives to reverse country’s falling birth rate

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  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    LexPersonal & Household Goods
    Consumer megabrands beware: the upstarts are coming Premium content

    e.l.f.’s swoop for rhode will enable it to tap into the brand’s loyal following among Generation Alpha

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  • Friday, 20 June, 2025
    Work Watch
    Working hard to look busy: why young employees are ‘task masking’

    Gen Z’s particular twist on slacking could signal an insecurity about their job

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  • Thursday, 19 June, 2025
    Population undercounting threatens public policy, scientists warn

    Fewer countries are doing censuses owing to Covid-19, budget cuts, and lower trust in government

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  • Tuesday, 17 June, 2025
    German economy
    Merz plan will not fix Germany’s pensions crunch, warns Bundesbank

    Government reforms fail to address long-standing incentives that encourage shorter working lives, says central bank

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  • Tuesday, 17 June, 2025
    Special ReportGlobal Brands
    Marketers courting Gen Z aim to hit the right notes

    Agencies recognise how the online generation values the authentic and has the power to cancel

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  • Friday, 13 June, 2025
    House & Home
    The tale of Tanera Mòr: a billionaire’s radical vision for a remote Scottish island

    Hedge fund manager Ian Wace is ‘catalysing’ change in an abandoned rural community: restoring the land, rebuilding purpose for a new generation, and creating a retreat for those in need. The project is quietly raising the bar for new models of regeneration

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  • Wednesday, 11 June, 2025
    Japan urged to use gloomier population forecasts after plunge in births

    Number of children born in 2024 already worse than median forecast for 2039

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  • Tuesday, 10 June, 2025
    One in five people do not expect to have as many children as they want

    UN study suggests economic strains, including job insecurity, among the biggest barriers to parenthood

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  • Tuesday, 10 June, 2025
    Sarah O'Connor
    Who are you calling over-the-hill? The truth about brain ageing

    It’s not necessarily correct that our cognitive skills decline as we get older

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  • Sunday, 8 June, 2025
    Wealth management
    Mobile millennial millionaires pose threat to wealth managers

    Private bankers are adopting new strategies to retain rich young clients

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  • Saturday, 7 June, 2025
    Ageing Populations
    Living longer — the ‘fundamental financial challenge’

    ‘Wake-up call’ from survey shows retirees misunderstand their likely lifespan

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  • Wednesday, 4 June, 2025
    The Big Read
    Italy’s vote on who gets to be Italian

    Voters will decide whether or not to slash residency requirements for citizenship, against the government’s wishes

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  • Sunday, 1 June, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain’s golden chance to attract top US talent

    The UK is slow to respond to the White House assault on science and universities

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  • Friday, 30 May, 2025
    Personal Finance
    Reader callout: would younger UK employees benefit by working on continent?
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