do you wanna marry me or have babies?
The first is what the numbers do not tell us. It does not tell us those children who are born to single mothers and those who are born to cohabitees. Many of the cohabitees will go on to marry eventually. But it is very difficult for them now financially to do so before that have a child. This is why the Coalition must act on their pledge to introduce a transferable tax allowance for married couples.