Warnings that London secondary schools may soon be forced to close due to falling pupil numbers are the latest visible consequence of a much deeper demographic problem.
In a late-night session in the House of Lords, peers yesterday delivered a powerful challenge to proposal to radically alter the legal framework governing abortion in the UK.
The abortion debate in Greece, long regarded by the political establishment as settled and closed, has been unexpectedly reopened by a figure whose growing political significance has unsettled the entire system.
The unusually blunt language has raised eyebrows across Westminster, not least because the APM has historically been careful and restrained when engaging on assisted suicide.