Plan to auto-enrol youngsters to vote

YOUNG people could be automatically enrolled on the voting register under plans being explored by the Government, a minister has told Parliament.

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Labour former minister Lord Beamish argued “the only way we're going to get young people and other people on the registry is auto-enrolment”.

Communities minister Lord Khan of Burnley said the Government will “take steps to move towards” this, but added that electoral law is “complicated”.

“We intend to actively explore and test new and more automated methods of registration, including better use of data to identify people who are eligible, and integration with other Government services to make it easier for people to register,” he had earlier told the House of Lords.