Should the voting age be lowered to 16?

Welsh National Assembly announces plans to let under-18s go to the polls - but not everyone is in favour

A polling station in Wales
(Image credit: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

The Welsh National Assembly has announced a series of electoral reform proposals that could see 16- and 17-year-olds given the right to vote in local elections.

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