Yes - Wales has joined Scotland in lowering the local voting age locally, but General Election campaigners are facing five years 'parked' in Parliament. Young people in this age group are prioritising action now on climate change, mental health and knife-crime over the right to vote tomorrow. After all, Greta Thunberg has shown that even if you are ‘too young’ to vote you are ‘not too young’ to be heard. I headed up to the People's History Museum in Manchester to find out what young delegates and their youth workers would make of the ‘first ever’ Votes at 16 conference and the project's 'findings so far'.
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