Prime Minister Keir Starmer defended the decision, stating, “I think it’s really important that 16- and 17-year-olds have the vote, because they are old enough to go out to work, they are old enough to pay taxes, so (they) pay in.” He added, “If you pay in, you should have the opportunity to say what you want your money spent on, which way the government should go.”
The government will introduce legislation in Parliament, where Labour holds a strong majority. If passed, the UK will join countries like Austria, Argentina, and Brazil in allowing 16-year-olds to vote nationally. Austria became the first EU country to adopt the change in 2007.
Harry Quilter-Pinner of the Institute for Public Policy Research called the reforms “the biggest reform to our electoral system since 1969,“ when the voting age was lowered to 18. He estimated the changes could add 9.5 million new voters, addressing concerns over democratic legitimacy. - AFP
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