UK to lower voting age to 16 in major electoral reform
Briefly

The UK government will lower the national voting age from 18 to 16, making it one of the lowest in the world. This decision is part of a campaign pledge by the Labour government aimed at modernizing democracy. Currently, 16-year-olds can vote in Wales and Scotland for devolved and local elections. Plans to improve democratic participation include automated voter registration and accepting UK-issued bank cards as ID at polling stations. About 1.6 million teens will be newly eligible to vote, reflecting their contributions through work and taxes.
The United Kingdom is to lower its voting age in general elections from 18 to 16, giving the country one of the lowest voting ages in the world in what the government says is a bid to modernise our democracy.
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,
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