UK lowers voting age to 16 in biggest reform since 1969
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A Reform UK-controlled council in England is the first to approve a proposal to share sensitive financial information with the party's cost-cutting unit. West Northamptonshire Council is exploring options to share data requested by Reform UK's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge).
Reform UK has expelled one of its own Devon councillors from the party over a row about a letter being sent without consent. Devon County councillor Ed Hill, (Pinhoe & Mincinglake), has been kicked out over claims by the party that he distributed a letter on free school meals to MPs and the media purportedly signed by 17 Reform councillors.
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Proposed legislation giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in Scottish parliamentary and local elections was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2015, broadening the electorate in Scotland's devolved administration.
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A Reform UK -led council has rescinded its climate emergency declaration. Durham County Council, which has a Reform majority since the local elections in May, passed a motion to revoke the vow made in 2019.
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Reform has criticised Suella Braverman for the Afghan leak and previously said she was “too toxic” for the party’s image