This is what happens when we dump marriage A massive rise in % UK teenagers not living with both natural parents Some family breakdown is welcome But 43%? This excellent data (my chart) is from the 2022 Families and Inequalities paper (p656), part of the Deaton poverty review

Of Note:

Researchers found that the level of family breakdown in Britain has increased fivefold since the 1970s and has now reached ‘epidemic proportions’. Our research in today's Daily Mail Sam Merriman dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

"Some level of family breakdown is inevitable and even welcome. But 45 per cent? This should be a national scandal." Marriage Foundation in today's Daily Mail Sam Merriman dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Britain has the highest level of family breakdown in recorded history: our research finds that 45% of teens are not living with both natural parents. The Deaton poverty review finds a similar figure of 43%. This is a fivefold increase from 9% in 1974. marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/we-ne…

"The driver of family breakdown is not divorce, now at its lowest level since 1970, but the collapse of unmarried families. Married families account for 85% of intact parents yet just 30% of family breakdown" Our new Marriage Foundation research out today marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/we-ne…

It was time to disperse ashore - felt a tad safer here too. We lived in “Pollocks Passage” as described in Harry Benson excellent book “Scram”. Bomb Alley in the background- we had our own beach which wasn’t a safe place to be when the raids came in! We flew a lot Night sorties.

Here it is; to my shame it took me years to read it. Highly recommend indeed. Jungly legends are mentioned!

Britain has the highest level of family breakdown in recorded history Our Marriage Foundation research finds 45% of teens are not living with both natural parents The Deaton poverty review finds a similar figure of 43% This is a fivefold increase from 9% in 1974 marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/we-ne…

On this tax policy alone, Reform UK are sending a big signal about the value of marriage Marriage isn't just some optional extra Getting married is how couples give themselves and their children the best chance of getting the reliable love they want bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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"Research by the Marriage Foundation has found that nearly half of teenagers are not living with both of their biological parents by the time they reach the age of 14" In Christian Today christiantoday.com/news/nearly-ha… #ChristianToday

For obvious reasons there are a lot of (justified) doom-mongering articles on our site TCW TCW, so, for a change, we have listed some of the many things Britain and the British should be immensely proud of. 3 to start. What are yours? 👉 the British Countryside 👉 no

Family breakdown has gone up five times in the last fifty years Marriage accounts for 85% of families that stay together, yet only 30% of families who split up We need to talk about marriage Read my new paper at Marriage Foundation marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/we-ne…

Family breakdown is at a record high. It’s time the Church fought for marriage again, writes our Harry Benson for Premier Christianity premierchristianity.com/opinion/family…

For those who worried about no-fault divorce ... ⭐️New Office for National Statistics (ONS) divorce stats out for 2023, the first full year after implementation of the new law in April 2022 ⭐️Small rise in NUMBERS simply reflects a return to pre-pandemic levels ⭐️Divorce RATES have actually fallen slightly

Divorce stats for 2023 are out today from Office for National Statistics (ONS) These should calm the nerves of those who worried that the ‘no fault’ law, introduced in April 2022, would see a boom in easy divorce In fact, divorce rates have actually fallen to the lowest level since 1970 marriagefoundation.org.uk/research/no-bo…

In fact, most of us will be financially better off if we don’t have children, given that the costs of parenthood are privatised, while the economic benefits of those children – a lifetime of tax contributions – have been entirely socialised. 17/