A voter places a ballot paper in the ballot box at a British polling station on May 6, 2010. Rui Vieira/PA
Sixteen-year-olds across the United Kingdom will be granted the right to vote in all UK elections, the government announced on Thursday, unveiling what it described as the biggest change to British democracy in a generation.
The reforms, part of the Labour Party manifesto pledges, will also broaden voter ID rules to include bank cards, and introduce tougher measures to combat foreign interference in British politics.
