{"id":9037,"date":"2023-05-24T14:28:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T13:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=9037"},"modified":"2024-05-08T12:57:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T11:57:09","slug":"letter-to-uk-prime-minister-calling-for-population-action","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/resources\/letter-to-uk-prime-minister-calling-for-population-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to UK Prime Minister calling for population action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light curved-bottom\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1526\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bigstock-union-jack-flag-and-people-wal-182755195-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"UK Population Strategy banner\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bigstock-union-jack-flag-and-people-wal-182755195-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bigstock-union-jack-flag-and-people-wal-182755195-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bigstock-union-jack-flag-and-people-wal-182755195-1024x610.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bigstock-union-jack-flag-and-people-wal-182755195-768x458.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bigstock-union-jack-flag-and-people-wal-182755195-1536x916.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/bigstock-union-jack-flag-and-people-wal-182755195-2048x1221.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\">Letter to UK Prime Minister calling for population action<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"lead\">We are calling for our political leaders to recognise population growth as the elephant in the room by\u00a0setting up an independent body to assess the impact of changing UK demographics and advise the\u00a0Government, ministers and the public accordingly.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Letter-to-PM-24-May-2023.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"PDF embed\"><\/object><a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Letter-to-PM-24-May-2023.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-share\"><a class=\"fb-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fresources%2Fletter-to-uk-prime-minister-calling-for-population-action%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div> Share<\/div><\/a><a class=\"tw-share\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fresources%2Fletter-to-uk-prime-minister-calling-for-population-action%2F&amp;text=Letter%20to%20UK%20Prime%20Minister%20calling%20for%20population%20action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div> Tweet<\/div><\/a><a class=\"li-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fresources%2Fletter-to-uk-prime-minister-calling-for-population-action%2F&amp;text=Letter%20to%20UK%20Prime%20Minister%20calling%20for%20population%20action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div> Post<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We are calling for our political leaders to recognise population growth as the elephant in the room by\u00a0setting up an independent body to assess the impact of changing UK demographics&#8230;","protected":false},"featured_media":2222,"template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"resource_category":[],"class_list":["post-9037","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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