The prime minister has previously indicated that he was keen to lower the voting age to 16 – no taxation without representation, and all that – but that was before the wider public decided it ...

In Wales, 16 and 17 year olds were able to vote in elections for the Welsh Parliament for the first time in 2021. The event ...

Harold Wilson's government lowered the voting age to 18 in 1969 It is 50 years since Harold Wilson's government lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Many now want the age at which people can vote ...

To vote for the UK parliament, people must be either a British ... Crucially, the act extended the vote to all men over the ...

There is a link between age and voting behaviour. As people age they are more likely to be at the top of their earnings so they are more likely to favour traditional Conservative policies such as ...

PiA said “with a new UK government in place and the NI Executive restored, now is the time to build trust and participation in politics with young people”. “Reducing the voting age would ...

Dave Wheeler said the UK shared issues like "sky high ... Saskia Veljovic hoped her vote would represent "people my age" Saskia Veljovic, from Tunbridge Wells, is working in HR in Jersey and ...

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), which represents civil servants, is also calling for the government to reverse its decision. General Secretary Fran Heathcote said if the government ...

Opposition MPs argued today that the changes to the Winter Fuel Payment were a ‘political choice’ after the government ...

Mel Stride, the recently ousted Tory leadership contender, said the figures illustrated the "distress" the new Labour ...

MPs will vote on plans to scrap winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners - as Chancellor Rachel Reeves said plans were ...