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UK Youth Celebrate Voting Rights but Urge Caution
Factbox-Evolution of the UK Electorate From Landowners to Suffragettes to 16-year-old Voters
Date: July 17, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Thursday set out plans to lower the voting age to 16 in a landmark reform to the process that underpins one of the world's oldest parliaments. Who can currently vote? At...
UK to Lower Voting Age to 16 in Landmark Electoral Reform
Date: July 17, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -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 major overhaul of the country's democratic system. The...
UK Labour Suspends Four Lawmakers Over Welfare Rebellion
Date: July 16, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Labour Party suspended four of its lawmakers on Wednesday for organising plans to vote against the government over its welfare reforms, an attempt by Prime Minister Keir...
Analysis-France's Plan to Cull Public Holidays May Not Help the Economy
Date: July 16, 2025
By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The French government thinks the country has too many days off for its own good, but its proposal to cull some public holidays may not produce much of an...
UK Counter-Radicalisation Scheme Prevent Must 'up Its Game', Review Concludes
Date: July 16, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's counter-radicalisation scheme Prevent needs to rapidly adapt to avoid mistakes which saw two men who had been referred to the programme go on to commit deadly knife attacks...
French PM's Plan to Scrap Two Holidays Stirs Outcry, and Memories of a Toppled Predecessor
Date: July 16, 2025
By Gabriel Stargardter and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou wants to scrap two public holidays to put France's finances back on track. It's a brave move: The...