Lucy Powell, a senior member of the UK Labour government, shared that the administration may introduce a proposal to reduce the voting age to 16 as early as next spring.
Powell’s comments came in an interview with Sky News, where she was asked about potential changes to the laws regarding foreign donations to political parties. This question arose in light of reports suggesting that Elon Musk had financially supported the right-wing populist ‘Reform’ party.
She emphasized that there are no plans to amend such laws, stating, “We’ve no immediate plans to do that, but we do have a manifesto commitment to look more broadly at our elections regime in this country.”
The Labour Party’s manifesto for the May elections had pledged to reduce the voting age to either 16 or 17.
Yet, during King Charles’s speech at the opening of the parliamentary session, a speech prepared by the government, no mention was made of any changes to the law. This omission has sparked doubts about whether the proposal to lower the voting age will be pursued.
Powell clarified, saying, “We are committed to bringing forward some changes to the way in which elections are run in this country.”
{Matzav.com}
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