Catch21 went to meet Kate Green MP for Stretford & Urmston to ask her “Do you think the vote should be given to people at 16?” Kate is a great believer in giving the vote to people at 16 but believes the only way decision makers will listen is to get 100K+ votes on an [...]
For the first time, 16 and 17-year-olds casted their vote in a state election in Germany on May 22nd. The German city-state of Bremen has lowered its voting age and several other states are expected to follow suit. Over the last decade, there has been debate over whether to lower the voting age across Europe, [...]
Anastasia from Where’s our vote campaign joins the NUS student march to discuss how if 16 year olds had been able to vote they may not be in this position. Where’s Our Vote is a campaign filled with enthusiasm, determination and devotion to one cause: lowering the voting age to sixteen. I want to abolish [...]
In the last couple of weeks, Nick Clegg has looked forlorn. I would be too if I were him. If things weren’t bad enough with the lack of Lib Dem opposition to the raising of tuition fees, something they had promised to oppose in the election campaign, there has been general surprise and uproar at [...]
The Government has launched a new scheme called JoinIn, which is aimed at getting young people to tell politicians their ideas. We caught up with Minister for Youth Citizenship and Engagement, Dawn Butler, to find out more about what the government is doing for young people. In this interview, Catch21’s Tom Johnson asks Dawn about [...]
Catch21′s Francesca Puig has been to meet Anne Widdecombe, one of the UK’s most experienced MPs. She told us we could ask about anything we liked – so we did! And Anne certainly didn’t hold back any of her opinions. Watch the video to see what Anne Widdecombe makes of the Votes at 16 campaign, [...]
Julie Morgan MP Julie is the Labour MP for Cardiff North and has spent much of her career working with young people as a social worker and a director of Barnardo’s. As an MP she campaigned against the Iraq war and has led a movement to lower the voting age to 16. Jenny Randerson AM [...]
Many reasons are offered for lowering the voting age, and previous reports have analysed and presented these reasons in the context of either being for or against any proposed changes. The latest Report entitled ‘Making Your Mark’ by the Youth Citizens Commission – formed by the Ministry of Justice – will end the consultation stage [...]
Part One of the British Youth Council’s panel debate at the Northern Ireland Assembly. Should the voting age be lowered to 16?
Catch 21 Productions led their first political conference with the support of Operation Black Vote last week in Parliament. The event focused on ways in which young people could find out how they can become involved in the political process and how they can be great influences both inside and outside of parliament. Many of [...]
Students at the University of Hull getting off their backsides and getting people into politics
Jon Snow
Channel 4 News
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