MPs to debate bill to reduce voting age to 16

Labour MP’s private member’s bill has cross-party support, with one backer saying young people about to be hit by Brexit should get a say over their future

MPs are to debate a bill aiming to reduce the voting age to 16, with the cross-party supporters of the measure arguing it is a long-overdue idea which would boost involvement in politics.

The proposal is a private member’s bill, introduced by Labour MP Jim McMahon, and thus has relatively little chance of finding enough parliamentary time to become law, not least as the government does not back the idea.

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