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Lower voting age to 16, urge MPs

2 mins read Youth Work Participation
Politicians must unite in lowering the voting age to 16 in England, according to a cross-party group of MPs.

The votes at 16 all-party parliamentary group (APPG) this week published its campaign report, which sets out the arguments for the legal voting age to be lowered from 18. 

These include the contradictory benchmarks for coming-of-age, the need to boost political engagement, as well as the fact that Scotland and Wales have already made changes to allow 16-year-olds to vote.

The issue comes with political difficulties: A poll by YouGov published in May 2018, found 45 per cent of people surveyed opposed lowering the age, with 34 per cent in favour, and 21 per cent "unsure".

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