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Britain to lower voting age to 16 to restore 'public trust' in democracy
Millennium Post Kolkata
|Kolkata 18July2025
It was a manifesto commitment made by Labour Party when it was voted last year
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LONDON: The UK government on Thursday announced that it will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 years in time for the next general election expected in 2029, a manifesto commitment made by the Labour Party when it was voted last year.
The move will bring UK-wide elections in line with the devolved Scotland and Wales regions as part of what the British government described as one of the biggest changes to UK democracy in a generation.
This story is from the Kolkata 18July2025 edition of Millennium Post Kolkata.
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