‘At 16 you’re not worrying about taxes’: should we lower the UK voting age?

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At the last Senedd election 16 and 17 year olds were able to vote for the first time, and now the UK Government want to bring Westminster elections in line with Cardiff Bay. We’re asking people in Newport if they think 16 and 17 year olds are old enough to be able to vote.

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00:00um maybe just sticking to 18 i think i think that's fair enough you know because i think

00:06maybe still a little bit young then but obviously you're just on the grasp of adult then in you

00:11really so probably just stick to that i think but everyone's different everyone's got a different

00:14opinion haven't they you know and that's fair enough too isn't it so i didn't i didn't really

00:18think about the future my future at that point it's only when you get older to 18 when you mature

00:23as an adult when you should be able to make that decision i think 18 was a good age because right

00:27now i think oh yeah you can take in these factors these factors what are they going to bring to the

00:31country what are they going to do for us are they going to fix health care are they going to fix

00:34you know like taxes at 16 not worrying about taxes in one way no because they're still at 16 17 do you

00:41really know you know do you really grasp reality in that sense with you know governments and and

00:49things like that and promises they make to people who are living you know trying to survive basically

00:55and but at the same time they have a voice as well

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