(Bloomberg) -- The UK plans to lower the voting age to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to participate in the next general election, as part of a package of electoral reforms that also include clamping down ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain moved on Thursday to lower the voting age by two years to 16 in all UK elections, a major overhaul of the country's democratic system that immediately split opinion over ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Sixteen- and 17-year-olds celebrated their newly granted right to vote in all UK elections on Thursday, but cautioned that proper education was vital to boost turnout and protect ...

The UK intends to lower the voting age to16 for the next election. Few things could be more appropriate than giving Generation Broke a political voice. This whole idea is based on their ability to ...

LONDON — Britain will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 by the next national election as part of measures to increase democratic participation, the government announced Thursday. The center-left ...

(CNN) — The United Kingdom could become one of the first European countries to lower the voting age to 16 in all national elections, in what the government is calling a landmark effort to ...

Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill has welcomed the news that the British Government is moving to lower the voting age in the UK to 16 years old. In a policy paper entitled "Restoring ...

Exeter City Council will ask the government to cancel elections that were due to take place in May. City council members took ...

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Britain's move to lower the voting age to 16 launches the political battle for teenagers' votes, with campaign groups warning no one should make assumptions about their ...