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Britain will lower its voting age to 16 in a bid to strengthen democracy

Britain has announced plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national election

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

OPINION - If people aren’t allowed to speak their minds, how can we hope to change them?

When the vice-president of the United States took Sir Keir Starmer to task earlier this year for failing to uphold free speech, the Prime Minister was quick to hit back. “In relation to free speech in the UK, I’m very proud of our history there,” he said. “We’ve had free…

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

OPINION - There was more freedom of speech 2,500 years ago than in Britain today

In recent years successive governments have sought to close down free speech. If we are to avoid the enslavement of our thoughts, it’s time to heed the wisdom of the ancients

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025

Merz Makes First Trip To London Amid Warming Post-Brexit Ties

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to London Thursday to sign a "friendship treaty" with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as Britain seeks to improve post-Brexit ties with its neighbours.

International Business Times · Jul 17, 2025

Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease

Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing rare diseases to their children

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

Betrayal after betrayal: Afghan special forces abandoned by Britain had details leaked in MoD data breach

Revealed: Elite troops who fought alongside UK troops were put at risk of danger after personal data was shared in catastrophic breach

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

Rachel Reeves is hoping deregulation will save the economy. We know how that ends

The chancellor’s emollient speech to City bosses this week was alarming. There are better ways to revive Britain’s fortunes, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025

'Serious Questions' Over UK Secret Afghan Relocations: PM

Ministers in the UK's last Conservative government have "serious questions to answer" over a secret resettlement plan for thousands of Afghans after a data breach endangered their lives, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Wednesday.

International Business Times · Jul 16, 2025

Voices: ‘We failed those who protected us’: Independent readers react to UK’s ‘shameful’ MoD data breach

YOUR VIEWS: Our community has reacted with anger, disbelief and deep concern to revelations that a catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach, which put tens of thousands of Afghans at risk, was kept hidden under a superinjunction for nearly two years, as the government quietly launched a covert evacuation programme

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

How an email error sparked a secret scramble to bring Afghans to Britain

The current and previous British governments are facing criticism over a secret program that resettled thousands of Afghans in the U.K. after the Taliban's return to power in 2021

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025