The Labor Party administration says it’s part of a package of changes to strengthen British democracy and help restore trust ...

Sixteen and 17-year-olds would be able to vote at the next general election, under government plans to lower the voting age.

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain moved on Thursday to lower the voting age by two years to 16 in all UK elections, a major overhaul ...

UK's plan for big change comes 6 decades after earlier reduction from 21 to 18; India did that in 1989, through the 61st ...

The U.K. government announced Thursday that it will be lowering the voting age from 18 to 16, in time for its next general ...

A third of U.S. states allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries if they will turn 18 by the general election. According to the ...

Sir Keir Starmer sets out plans to lower the voting age to 16 ahead of the next General Election, saying if people are old ...

The Elections Bill will be the first change to the voting age since it was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1969 and bring in 1.5 ...

The landmark changes will give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in the next general election - with over a million teens ...

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The British government aims to make all 16- and 17-year-olds eligible to vote starting in the next U.K. general election.