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Click & Close Ads Click & Close Ads Is there any limit to the size of Britain's population? And if so what is it? Prime ministers, from Tony Blair to David Cameron, have always refused to answer that question. To do so would risk accusations of pandering to the far-right and provide a hostage to fortune, when their predictions, inevitably, proved wide of the mark. UKIP leader Nigel Farage has made political capital out of their discomfort but even he rarely talks about the overall size of the population. David Cameron thought he had hit on a formula for talking about numbers without announcing that the country is full by targeting "net migration". But, his critics would say, he only succeeded in revealing how little control he has over it. For some Britain's growth spurt, which began at the end of the 1990s, is a sign of success. It is the secret weapon that will pay the pensions bill and underpin economic growth. Some of our European neighbours struggling with declining populations, such as Germany, can only look on in envy. But anxiety about the pressure on services and the pace of cultural change among many voters is not likely to go away. nullClick & Close Ads Click & Close Ads The population increase was above average compared with rises over the last decade, the ONS said. As well as net migration and natural growth, other changes and adjustments, mainly in the armed forces, accounted for an increase of 5,200 people, the ONS said. The ONS figures show the annual growth in population rose steadily from about 150,000 in 1992 to about 300,000 in 2004, but that rose sharply in 2005 to 460,000. It has remained above 400,000 since - 2014's net increase is the fifth biggest.Migration Watch, which supports tighter immigration controls, said the increase "will only worsen the housing crisis and put still more pressure on our public services." Population Matters, which researches the environmental impact of population size, said the growth is having an impact on quality of life. "We are all affected adversely by the rapid population growth of recent decades," said chief executive Simon Ross. "Examples include pressure on housing and public services to the environment and climate change." Click & Close Ads Click & Close Ads