Daily roundup 26 May: Youth votes, mental health and obesity

Adam Offord
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Call for young people to be able to vote in EU referendum; Welsh government boosts funding for children's mental health services by 18 per cent; and senior medic criticises government efforts to tackle child obesity, all in the news today.

The British Youth Council wants 16- and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in a referendum on EU membership. Picture: British Youth Council
The British Youth Council wants 16- and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in a referendum on EU membership. Picture: British Youth Council

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