(Bloomberg) -- The UK plans to lower the voting age to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to participate in the next general election, as part of a package of electoral reforms that also include clamping down ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. [Getty Images] Legislation to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote at the next general election is beginning its journey through ...

Andrew Mycock has received funding from the Leverhulme Trust (2019-2021) in the past to support research into lowering the voting age. The UK government has unveiled plans to lower the voting age to ...

Legislation which will let 1.7 million 16 and 17-year-olds vote at the next general election is beginning its journey through Parliament. The Representation of the People Bill also expands acceptable ...

Plans to lower the voting age to 16 in UK-wide elections and introduce tougher measures against electoral intimidation have been set out in a new Bill, which will apply in Northern Ireland. Announcing ...

A young man wearing a cap and listening to headphones walks past a sign reading "polling station". Legislation to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote at the next general election is beginning its ...