(Bloomberg) -- The UK plans to lower the voting age to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to participate in the next general election, as part of a package of electoral reforms that also include clamping down ...
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain moved on Thursday to lower the voting age by two years to 16 in all UK elections, a major overhaul of the country's democratic system that immediately split opinion over ...
Labour is braced for heavy losses and U-turn on postponing some council elections hasn’t helped the party’s prospects ...
The next UK general election must be held by 15 August 2029. However, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer can opt to call an ...
The United Kingdom is lowering the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national elections – a move which opposition figures decry as a way to sway the electorate to benefit the left. The U.K.
(CNN) — The United Kingdom could become one of the first European countries to lower the voting age to 16 in all national elections, in what the government is calling a landmark effort to ...
The UK intends to lower the voting age to16 for the next election. Few things could be more appropriate than giving Generation Broke a political voice. This whole idea is based on their ability to ...
The public has long been resolute in its opposition to such a change. And while young people have, historically, proven ...
The voting age is currently 18 for UK parliamentary elections. It is also 18 for local elections, police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales, and all elections in Northern Ireland.