http://www.economist.com/node/21543532
This article from the Economist discusses the reversing trends of London's demographics. In many places like America, Australia, Italy, and Spain people are getting older; the countries are "graying". This has put a heavy burden on industries that cater to elderly folk like nursing homes, health care, and pension systems.
Lately, in London, there has been a resurgence of births. These births don't greatly outnumber the deaths, but the concentration of births is making London bigger, disproportionately so with the rest of Britain. This shift in demographics has put strain on the education system, the National Health System, both which are struggling to begin with. The money that is going to these two systems now, has been taken from other vital projects, mainly infrastructure.
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