The right is desperate for a solution to falling birthrates. Who’s going to tell them that the answer is immigration? (opens in new tab)

Reform and Maga are correct that ageing populations are storing up huge social problems, but our prosperity still rests on the hard work of migrantsA growing mountain of reports highlights one of the US’s most fascinating features: the fact that people in red states than those in the blue ones, and are being newly encouraged to do so by high-profile figures who are desperate for a Maga baby boom. The vice-president, JD Vance, and his wife are expecting their , and Vance says he wants “” – and...