A LABOUR ruse to lower the voting age to 16 got off to a shaky start as it triggered claims of shameless election-rigging.

Today, the voting age at the next general election will be lowered across the UK to 16 for the first time.

The move, a major overhaul of the country’s democratic system, aligns with Scotland and Wales, aims to boost participation ...

The United Kingdom is lowering the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national elections – a move which opposition figures decry as a way to sway the electorate to benefit the left.

In a first for a UK general election, 16- and 17-year-olds in Scotland and Wales can cast votes in certain races. Critics ...

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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 ...

The move would allow 16-year-olds to vote at the next UK national election and would be the biggest change to the country's ...

The Office of Rail and Road's (ORR) annual report released today, 17th July, shows that Britain's railway remains one of the safest in Europe.

The UK government has confirmed lowering the voting age to 16 for all UK elections, aligning with Scotland and Wales, ...

Labour have said they will extend the right to vote to 16-year-olds in time for the next general election. Sky's Data and ...

The next general election will see 16-year-olds able to vote for the first time, ministers have confirmed in wide-ranging ...