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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Nuray Bulbul

UK elections: Britons living abroad regain right to vote as 15-year rule ends

An estimated three million British citizens living abroad for more than 15 years will regain their right to vote on Tuesday (January 16).

The lifting of the 15-year rule means many more Britons can vote in the next general election, the date of which has yet to be decided by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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