Teen pregnancy: a stubborn problem. Despite government efforts, Britain’s teenage pregnancy rate is still the highest in western Europe. How can we tackle it?   Helen Wilkinson guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 8 July 2009 16.30 BST

The fact that Britain has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in western Europe – and the second-highest in the world after the US – is nothing new. What’s far more interesting is why this is still so, after concerted policy intervention since 1997. While the teenage pregnancy rate declined between 1998 and 2007, it now looks increasingly likely that the government will leave power with the dubious record of having presided over a marginal increase in 2007, the latest year for which data is available.

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