{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/6891d82334f09da0e51803e3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Should We Follow the UK's Lead and Lower the Voting Age to 16? - 05/08/2025","description":"<p>The UK Government has announced that the voting age will be lowered to 16 years old ahead of the next UK General election in 2029.</p><p><br></p><p>Welcomed by youth groups who have long campaigned to expand voting rights, this change not only broadens the electorate for general elections but in the event of a future border poll as well. If effectively mobilised, this new franchise could prove pivotal in determining the outcome of such a vote.</p><p><br></p><p>We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Emma DeSouza, who wrote about this in The Journal over the weekend. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}