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"The IPPR recommended four policies (...) Lowering the voting age to 16. Implementing automatic voter registration. Introducing a £100,000 annual cap on donations to political parties. Creating an “election day service”.
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The IPPR also said the government should consider enfranchising the 5 million long-term tax-paying residents who are not citizens "
Yes, yes, yes and yes. I don't care about "election day service" but the rest should be introduced as soon as possible.
I think this is the only one likely to change / come into effect.
Honestly, why this hasn't happened yet is beyond me.
laughs in Tory and Labour special interests
Hmm... Call me old fashioned but I think voting should be reserved for citizens not simply if you pay taxes. If you want to vote then show that you want to be associated with the country you're voting in and become a citizen. Living in a country and using it's services is one thing but deciding where the country goes (however naively) is another.