Let’s not leave the baby-making debate to Musk and Vance – the left has a stake in this too | Gaby Hinsliff

Rightwing politicians around the world want women to have more babies.

But do progressives have a stake in the baby-making debate too? A new collection of essays published this week by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) thinktank argues that they should.

The children of Britain ’s last baby boom, my own son among them, are now pretty much grown up.

The family-friendly parts of Angela Rayner ’s employment rights bill may well be pro-baby too.

According to YouGov , they are more pro-marriage and less likely to say one-night stands are common in their peer group.

There is a distinct yearning for the cosy and domestic among those who grew up in lockdown and seemingly love nothing better than staying in.