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2005

1. October 20th 2005

   Another ten million – UK set for even faster population growth (press release)

   The UK is on course for a “massively unsustainable” rise in its population, with the publication of figures today (Thursday, Oct 20, 2005) showing that population growth rates...

2. September 9th 2005

   Planning for Housing Provision (ODPM Consultation Paper): OPT Response, (press release)

   Summary The Optimum Population Trust’s view is that the document is fundamentally flawed, by virtue of its misuse of the idea of sustainability, its discounting of environmental carrying capacity,...

3. August 25th 2005

   New government figures show UK needs national population policy (press release)

   The case for a national population policy has been reinforced by new government figures, published today (August 25) by the Office of National Statistics, which show England's...

4. April 25th 2005

   Britain’s major parties “environmentally illiterate” (press release)

   Britain’s main political parties are accused today (Monday April 25) of “environmental illiteracy” following an analysis of their election manifestos which shows that none of them...

5. February 8th 2005

   More MPs oppose population growth (press release)

   MORE MPs OPPOSE POPULATION GROWTH... A rolling survey of MPs conducted by the Optimum Population Trust confirms that there is no consensus in favour of population growth. MPs were...