On the recordJuly 17, 2025
This is about fairness and transparency and giving the young a stake in our country’s future, bringing them into our communities, not excluding them.
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Angela Rayner
Labour Party
This is about fairness and transparency and giving the young a stake in our country’s future, bringing them into our communities, not excluding them.
Rayner discusses the rationale behind lowering the voting age as a matter of fairness.
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