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Keir Starmer

Labour will give children aged just 16 the vote

• The party's manifesto confirms it wants to lower the voting age from 18

Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed that he wants 16 and 17-year-olds to be able to cast a ballot.

The Labour leader has previously hinted at his eagerness to give children the vote.

The party leader told reporters: 'Yes, I want to see both 16 and 17-year-olds able to vote.'

The move to enfranchise younger voters is to benefit the party in future elections - with analysis showing that teenagers could flip as many as eight seats red.

Its rollout would mean around 1.5 million people would be given the vote in the biggest change since 1969, when the voting age was lowered from 21. Youngsters are ten times more likely to vote Labour.

Slamming the move, Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands said: 'This is nothing but a desperate attempt to rig the electorate.'

'Labour only want to lower the voting age for their own political advantage.'

Britain was the first major nation to lower the voting age in parliamentary elections, from 21 to 18 in 1969, under a Labour government.

Patrick English, director of political analytics at YouGov, told The Times: 'We would generally expect that lowering the voting age would be electorally advantageous to Labour, as younger people are significantly more likely to back them over the Conservatives, or indeed any other party.' 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13458711/Keir-Starmer-voting-age-16-Labour-general-election.html

Children aged 16 will be given the vote if Labour win the next general election (Pictured - Keir Starmer) 

Other controversial policies in the new manifesto include giving more power to union stewards - an idea that has survived from Jeremy Corbyn's time as party leader.

Mr Hands said: 'It's no surprise that Labour is dancing to their union paymasters' tune. He will say anything that suits him at the time.'

Labour also wants to reduce the minimum age for driving a train from 21 to 18.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13458171/Keir-Starmer-tax-private-school-fees-Labour-election-state-sector.html

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