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China’s central government introduced a childcare subsidy on July 28 that will provide families with 3,000 yuan (around £312) a year for each child under the age of three. The announcement came days after plans were unveiled to roll out free preschool education across the country.

Australian mothers are giving birth at an older age on average, while birth rates have fallen according to a report on health and birth outcomes.

South Korea registered record birth rate growth during the first five months of the year, a statistics agency official told AFP on Wednesday.

The decisions have cast doubts over the future of other Lambeth schools as the borough continues to be hit by plummeting birth rates

In the last 20 years, the desire to have children has fallen sharply in France, according to a study published by the French Institute for Demographic Studies last week – and the country's birth rate is at its lowest since the end of the Second World War.

While parents should have at least two babies to keep Europe's population stable, current birth rates barely exceed one. Will the new wave of over-60-year-old boomer fathers save the continent?

US president criticises supporters for demanding more disclosure on Jeffrey Epstein case; figures show inner-city residents having fewer children

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