The UK government is reportedly planning to lower the voting age to 16 in a landmark electoral reform, aligning England with ...

LONDON (AP) — Britain will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national election as part of measures to increase democratic participation, the government announced Thursday.

The British government is planning to lower the voting age to 16 by the next general election in a major overhaul of the country's democratic system.

At the moment, you can only vote in a general election if you're 18 or older. 16 and 17-year-olds are already able to vote in local and regional elections in Scotland and Wales. The Labour government ...

The next general election will see 16-year-olds able to vote for the first time, ministers have confirmed in wide-ranging plans to “modernise our democracy”. Labour’s manifesto committed the party to ...

In April 2025, nearly eight years after the Manchester Arena bombing claimed the lives of 22 people, including 29-year-old ...