Britain moved on Thursday to lower the voting age by two years to 16 in all UK elections, a major overhaul of the country's ...

The British government said on Thursday it planned to give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all UK elections in a ...

Clearly, the current First Past the Post electoral system is not fit for purpose in today’s multi-party politics and does not fairly represent the electorate. In 2029, there is a very real risk we ...

Public support for reforming the UK’s first past the post electoral system has risen markedly of late. So is there any serious chance that such reform could actually happen?

Matthew Holehouse, our British political correspondent, asks what might happen if Britain made voting compulsory ...

Accusations that the UK operates a two-tier justice system emerged following the riots in the summer of 2024, with some arguing that the rioters were treated unduly harshly by police and the courts.

If passed, the proposed changes would bring the voting age to 16 across the whole of the UK and in line with Scotland and Wales, where 16-year-olds can already vote. View on euronews ...

Why are Tories suddenly in favour of proportional representation? For the first time ever, a clear majority of right-wing voters seem open to changing the voting system. What could it mean for the ...

The British government is planning to lower the voting age to 16 by the next general election in a major overhaul of the country's democratic system.

News Scottish News Sunday Mail Labour faces electoral carnage with welfare u-turns and policy blunders New research shows hundreds of MPs could face ballot box chaos as a result of Labour's policy ...

Voters must prove their citizenship by providing documents – but in rural Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, a lack of record-keeping could see millions taken off the electoral roll ...

Alamy Over the past 12 months, the foundations of Britain’s two-party system have come to look even shakier. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party tops the polls.