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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Taylor

Voting age could be reduced under new reforms because ‘young people are the future’

The UK government has announced plans for new voting laws, proposing to grant 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in national elections for the first time.

Ministers said this is because young people "are the country’s future."

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