Do you trust 16-year-olds with the vote? | LBC callers react
July 17, 2025
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as posted by the channelJames O'Brien hears from callers as Labour reveals a plan to reduce the voting age in the UK to 16 in time for the next general election. The government plans to table a new law that would reduce the voting age by two years in a move it says would "boost democratic engagement."
Sir Keir Starmer said: "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 pay in.
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