
updated 21/04/2009
The Youth Citizenship Commission has just published the results of its consultation on whether or not to lower the voting age, and the good news for the campaign is that 64% of those who responded were in favour.
updated 14/04/2009
Labour MP Andrew Gwynne has been writing on the Labour grassroots website LabourList in favour of Votes at 16, and according to him, it’s going to be in the next Labour Manifesto.
updated 18/02/2009
Hi folks - we're happy to announce that we've recently launched a new essay competition alongside the Electoral Reform Society and the McDougall Trust. We're offering you the chance to get your work in print, and what's more we've got a top prize of £1000, as well as runner-up prizes of £500. For your chance to bag these goodies, we want you to enter an essay on one of four topics. You've got unitl the 30th of March to enter, so get writing!