REVEALED: Britain's 'existential crisis' and Reform's plan to fix it (0.4595744680851064)

<iframe frameborder="0" height="100%" scrolling="no" src="https://www.gbnews.com/res/scraper/embed/?video_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmm-v2.simplestream.com%2Fiframe%2Fplayer.php%3Fkey%3D3Li3Nt2Qs8Ct3Xq9Fi5Uy0Mb2Bj0Qs%26player%3DGB003%26uvid%3D52905614%26type%3Dvod%26viously_id%3DpZSYeRh_nPG" width="100%"></iframe><br/><p>Britain is facing an “existential crisis” over its future, Reform UK’s chairman has claimed.</p><p>Today, it was revealed <a data-linked-post="2672200846" href="https://www.gbnews.com/politics/nigel-farage-reform-labour-keir-starmer-two-child-benefit-winter-fuel-payment" target="_blank">Nigel Farage intends to challenge Sir Keir Starmer by pledging to scrap the two-child benefit cap.</a></p><h3></h3><br/><p>Although the Prime Minister is said to be open to ending the two-child cap, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly reluctant to make an immediate announcement until funding can be identified.</p><p>The two-child cap, which was introduced by the Conservatives in 2017, limits benefits for families with more than two children.</p><h3></h3><br/><img alt="Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0492c56dcd2c4d4c83bec07234fadaac" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="4daf9" loading="lazy" src="https://www.gbnews.com/media-library/nigel-farage-and-zia-yusuf.jpg?id=60318466&width=980"/><h3></h3><br/><div class="embed-latest"></div><h3></h3><br/><p>However, Reform Chairman Zia Yusuf has claimed Britain faces an “existential crisis” due to the collapsing birth rate in the UK.</p><p>He continued by explaining that axing the cap would be just the first step in encouraging British people to have more kids and undo the birth rate collapse.</p><p>Yusuf wrote on X: “The collapsing birth rate in the UK - now well below replacement rates - is an existential crisis for our country.</p><p>“The Tories and Labour have sought to solve it with open borders.</p><strong>LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:<br/></strong><ul><li><a href="https://www.gbnews.com/politics/nigel-farage-biggest-threat-revealed-angela-rayner-reform-uk" target="_self">Nigel Farage's biggest threat REVEALED...and it's not who you think it is</a><a href="https://www.gbnews.com/politics/nigel-farage-biggest-threat-revealed-angela-rayner-reform-uk" target="_self"><br/></a></li><li><a href="https://www.gbnews.com/politics/angela-rayner-memo-leak-mini-manifesto-prime-minister-keir-starmer" target="_self">Angela Rayner hits back at claims leaked memo was 'mini manifesto' plot to oust Keir Starmer</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gbnews.com/celebrity/jeremy-clarkson-nigel-farage-clarksons-farm-star-join-politics" target="_self">Jeremy Clarkson makes feelings clear on Nigel Farage amid calls for star to join politics</a></li></ul><h3></h3><br><img alt="\u200bONS data shows total fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level since WW2" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c9361192d8d914c2d506c29a7bbe6db5" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="681bf" loading="lazy" src="https://www.gbnews.com/media-library/u200bons-data-shows-total-fertility-rate-in-england-and-wales-has-fallen-to-its-lowest-level-since-ww2.jpg?id=60318467&width=980"/><h3></h3><br><div class="embed-dontmiss"></div><h3></h3><br/><p>“Reform wants to end all that. </p><p>“A Reform Government will cut net immigration to zero and do everything in its power to encourage British people who are fertile and want kids to have them. </p><p>“Scrapping the two-child cap is just the start.</p><p>“Nigel Farage is the only leader serious about tackling the biggest problems, regardless of what polls say.</p><p>“British people know this. That’s why he’s leading in the polls.”</p><h3></h3><br/><img alt="Zia Yusuf suggested 'scrapping the two-child cap is just the start'" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="63af0135e9bd34bdb9ea079e5d7588d2" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="15d97" loading="lazy" src="https://www.gbnews.com/media-library/zia-yusuf-suggested-scrapping-the-two-child-cap-is-just-the-start.jpg?id=60318468&width=980"/><h3></h3><br/><p>Yusuf has previously indicated Reform would fund these policies by cutting the foreign aid budget, closing asylum hotels and ending net-zero subsidies.</p><p>A Reform source said: “We're against the two-child cap and we'd go further on winter fuel by bringing the payment back for everyone. That's already outflanking Labour.”</p><p>Nigel Farage has also previously advocated for welfare and taxation systems that encourage families to have more children.</p><p>Yusuf’s comments come after last year it was revealed the total fertility rate across England and Wales dropped to a new record low.</p><h3></h3><br/><div class="embed-mostread"></div><h3></h3><br/><p>Data by the Office for National Statistics revealed live births fell to the lowest in nearly five decades.</p> <p>According to the non-ministerial department, fertility rates across the two nations have been in overall decline since 2010.</p> <p>The rate fell to 1.44 children per woman in 2023, which the Office for National Statistics said is the lowest value since records began in 1938.</p> <p>Some experts have suggested influencing factors could include economic uncertainty with the cost-of-living crisis, and difficulties finding a partner – as well as more people deciding not to have children.</p></br></br>