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The UK government has confirmed lowering the voting age to 16 for all UK elections, aligning with Scotland and Wales, potentially adding 1.5 million young voters. Alongside this, British voters can now use UK-issued bank cards as voter ID, and stricter measures will be implemented to combat foreign donations and protect candidates from harassment.
“ They're old enough to go out to work, they're old enough to pay taxes ... and I think if you pay in, you should have the opportunity to say what you want your money spent on, which way the government…
Keir Starmer,
UK plans to lower voting age to 16 in major reform to democratic…
“ I think it's really important that 16- and 17-year-olds have the vote, because they are old enough to go out to work, they are old enough to pay taxes, so (they) pay in,
Keir Starmer,
UK Lowers Voting Age To 16, Know What British Teenagers Can Now Do…
“ And I think if you pay in, you should have the opportunity to say what you want your money spent on, which way the government should go,
Keir Starmer,
UK Lowers Voting Age To 16, Know What British Teenagers Can Now Do…