Through a General Election Manifesto created by the British Youth Council, young people have let MPs and prospective parliamentary candidates know exactly what they want - and shown society they can make their voices heard.
Young representatives from around the UK debated and voted for the proposals to be shortlisted from more than 600 online submissions, as the most important five actions that the next Parliament must take on their behalf.
The manifesto calls for reducing the voting age to 16, creating an equal national minimum wage, investing in mental health services, ending child poverty and supporting a national youth transport card. It has received backing from National Youth Agency (NYA) chief executive Fiona Blacke.
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