A further 1.5 million teenagers are expected to be enfranchised by the next election in a move which Nigel Farage has warned is an attempt to “rig the political system”. From today, 16 and 17 year ...

Britain’s government says it will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next general election in August 2029.

The first opportunity the north’s 16 and 17-year-olds will get to vote is in the scheduled Westminster election in 2029 ...

Express assistant news editor and Conservative councillor Mieka Smiles says it's time Angela Rayner stopped talking tough and ...

In 1969, the voting age was lowered to 18. Today, five decades later, less than half that age bothers. The truth is the vast majority of young don’t give a toss about politics. Never have, never will.

Sixteen and seventeen-year-olds across the United Kingdom will soon be able to vote in all elections, following sweeping electoral reforms unveiled by the government on Wednesday. The changes, ...

He is already the “King of the North”, the only regional mayor to regularly make headlines – arguably outshining even London ...

Sir Keir Starmer's plans to lower the voting age to 16 has been branded a "desperate attempt" by Labour to try and stay in ...

Birmingham City Council have confirmed Unite's claim that the part time commissioners have to agree any bins deal ...

Labour will hand 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in the most sweeping electoral reform in more than half a century. Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner confirmed the voting age expansion will ...

If passed, the proposed changes would bring the voting age to 16 across the whole of the UK and in line with Scotland and ...

The Reform UK leader has delivered a verbal blow to Labour this morning after Angela Rayner unveiled controversial new plans.