Starmer defends lowering voting age to 16, saying people old enough to pay tax should have a say – UK politics live
Plan to give 16 and 17-year-olds vote across UK means nearly 1.5 million more people will be to have say at general election
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London-Berlin trains will be on the drawing board of UK-German rail taskforce
Possibility of direct services is most eyecatching part of a commitment to collaborate on transport links and mobility
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Errol Campbell, who died in 2004, and Ronald De Souza, one of the Stockwell Six, have 1970s convictions overturned by court of appeal
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Lowering the voting age: a boost for UK democracy or a shot in the dark?
Some favour any effort to improve participation, but others point to mixed results in Scotland and Wales
Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election
16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration and crackdown on foreign interference
Labour taking Diane Abbott’s latest comments on racism ‘incredibly seriously’
MP says she does not regret earlier comments that led to year-long suspension from party
Labour MP suspended for opposing disability cuts will keep speaking for ‘invisible in society’
Rachael Maskell, one of four Labour MPs to lose whip, stands by actions and says party needs to be ‘broad church that listens to each other’
Police race action plan for England and Wales could be sidelined, monitor says
Concern raised that end of central funding and of monitor’s oversight could lead to post-BLM plan being deprioritised