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 May 19, 2022

Tag: young voters

UK Youth Ambassadors: We support votes at 16

Tuesday, 26 April 2022 by Elif True

As international ambassadors, we have seen incredible progress in countries around the world in giving young people the right to vote. Even within the UK, in Wales and Scotland, young people aged 16 and above have been granted voting rights in local elections and referendums, enabling them to influence key decisions that affect their lives

  • Published in Blogs, UK Young Ambassadors, Votes at 16
Tagged under: uk young ambassdors, Votes at 16, voting age, young people, young voters, youth

Everyone is talking about young people

Thursday, 07 May 2020 by Joe Stockley

Everyone’s talking about young people. Most of it is bad news. Young people are, depending on the source, too nice for our own good, morally immature, useless, or informed and powerful. Turns out you can make young people suit your story pretty easily. For the UK’s young people, when you look at statistics, our lot

  • Published in Blogs, Votes at 16
Tagged under: campaign, inequality, Votes at 16, voting age, Wales, young people, young voters, youth voice

1.5 million young people denied a vote in the EU Elections

Thursday, 23 May 2019 by Rhammel Afflick

The British Youth Council have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Government’s continued opposition to a lower voting age. The unplanned EU Elections which take place on Thursday 23rd May will see 1.5 million young people aged 16 and 17 denied the opportunity to vote. Over the past 16 years, the youth-led charity has been campaigning

  • Published in News, Votes at 16
Tagged under: democracy, democratic engagement, Votes at 16, young people, young voters, youth voice

Young people should have a say on Brexit

Tuesday, 22 January 2019 by Rhammel Afflick

The British Youth Council are calling on the Government and prominent campaigners to address the concerns of young people in any new Brexit negotiations or plans. The youth-led charity feels the voices and wishes of young people, in particular, have not reflected in Brexit negotiations up to this point. Therefore, we believe the best way

  • Published in News, Press
Tagged under: Brexit, eu referendum, european union, people's vote, young people, young voters, youth voice

It feels like we’re being convinced there is no point in voting

Thursday, 08 June 2017 by Sarah-Jane Reilly

When I think of the word politics, several potent images of sceptical public politicians and highly emotive scandalous campaigns come to my mind. These days, my Facebook feed is flooded with news articles that appear to be published to rile the public into believing that all politicians are the same and that there is no

  • Published in Blogs, Series: General Election 2017
Tagged under: general election, young voters, youth voice

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