Island 'needs to retain young people' to balance population

MLC calling for committee to be set up to tackle issue

Work needs to be done to keep more young people on the Isle of Man.

That's the belief of one MLC who's calling for a committee to be set up to look at ways to balance the population.

Paul Craine has tabled a motion for Tynwald after the census showed the average age on the Island has increased in the last five years.

He says statistics show we have one of the oldest populations in the world - something which needs to be factored in to government's plans: