CYP Now - Young people call for stronger political education to underpin votes at 16 pledges

Young people have called for stronger political education to be offered in schools amid the general election campaign, during which two major parties have pledged to lower the voting age to 16.

Young people want more political education in the UK curriculum. Picture: Adobe Stock/ Monkey Business

Labour and the Liberal Democrats have both promised to give the vote to 16- and 17-year-olds in their manifestos for the upcoming general election.

Yet young people told the CYP Now podcast in its election special that this needs to be paired with better education of the political system.

Bill Curtis, aged 15, told the podcast: “I’m really passionate about political engagement. It’s really vital that the votes at 16 are paired up with greater political education in school. When I talk to my classmates who aren’t as interested as me in politics, I think that they don’t know enough about politics.

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