UK to lower voting age by 2 years to 16
India, July 18 -- Britain moved on Thursday to lower the voting age by two years to 16 in all UK elections, a major overhaul of the country's democratic system that immediately split opinion over whether they should or would cast ballots. "I think it's really important that 16- and 17-year-olds have the vote, because they are old enough to go out to work, they are old enough to pay taxes, so (they) pay in," Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.P13...
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