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Evolution of the UK electorate from landowners to suffragettes to 16-year-old voters
Britain on Thursday set out plans to lower the voting age to 16 in a landmark reform to the process that underpins one of the ...
Belfast News Letter on MSN7h
MLAs call for 16 year olds to get the vote for Stormont elections - as government lowers age for general election
News that sixteen year old across the UK will be able to vote in the next Westminster general election – as part of reforms ...
UK and Germany hail wide-ranging treaty, deepening ties in face of threats
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hailed a major treaty to deepen ties in areas ranging from ...
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Election: Why we’re allowing 16-year-olds to vote — UK govt
Only a handful of countries, including Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and Cuba, currently allow citizens as young as 16 ...
UK to allow 16 years old vote for next general election - Oda countries wey dey allow am
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British spies and special forces identities exposed in Afghan data leak
LONDON — A data leak that led thousands of Afghans to be resettled in the U.K. after their safety was jeopardized because ...
22 British trade union heads oppose prosecution of Stop the War Coalition leaders, but make no call to mobilise against Starmer government
The union leaders’ declaration contains no call to arms to defend the core democratic rights now under state attack. No ...
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The remarkable life of Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, the royal born in Claridges during exile
As the Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (and pretender to the throne of Serbia) celebrates his 80th birthday with a film about his ...
Opinion
Somerset County Gazette on MSN15hOpinion
Column: Gideon Amos on a year as Taunton and Wellington MP
It’s now a year since I had the huge privilege to be returned as your MP, writes Gideon Amos .
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Thousands of Ashfield children being hit by two-child benefit limit affecting families
Thousands of children in Ashfield are living in households affected by the two-child limit, new figures show – as charities ...
Mansfield and Ashfield Chad on MSN10h
More than 1,500 Broxtowe children in families being hit by two-child benefits limit
More than 1,500 children in Broxtowe are living in households affected by the two-child limit, new figures show – as charities urged the Government to scrap the policy.