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The Labour government have pushed through legislation that will permit those aged 16 and 17 and EU nationals with settled status to vote in local and regional elections, as well as in referenda. Prime Minister Keir Starmer called for EU nationals to have full voting rights when he made 10 key pledges during his leadership campaign and has been keen to expand the voting franchise ahead of next year's EU referendum. The vote secured a majority in the House of Commons, regardless of the Conservatives enforcing a 3 line whip in voting against it.

The 2.7 million EU nationals living in the UK, most of whom have already been granted settled status will now be eligible to cast their vote, as well as those aged 16-18 should the legislation pass through the House of Lords. This is expected to be a formality as the only anticipated opposition will come from Conservative peers who are outnumbered almost 3:1 in the Lords. Labour and Liberal Democrat peers are all expected to support the legislation and the government have made clear that it will be sent for Royal Assent regardless of attempts by Conservative peers to hold it up.

The Conservative leader described the move as unprincipled and grossly undemocratic. Speaking to LBC, Ms Badenoch said it was tantamount to election rigging. "We're finally seeing the benefits of Brexit with investment flowing from the far east and the United States, the relationship with Europe is functional and most people had moved on with their lives. With this stitch up we're going to undo all of this progress and risk all of that investment and all of those highly skilled jobs by restricting ourselves to a market of 27 countries. 9 of these have a GDP of under $100bn and the whole Single Market faces demographic and economic conditions that are likely to render them economically irrelevant by the middle of the century."

Former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told GB News "Those aged 16 and 17 have been subjected to anti-Brexit views from their teachers for almost their whole time at school and indoctrinated by closed minded, left-wing remain zealots. Rather than ensuring school leavers have basic levels of literacy and numeracy they've been infected with political ideologies that will be highly detrimental to the country for decades to come. This is far worse than the usual trick of repeating a referendum until you get the result you want, or ignoring the outcomes all together. This is Brussels, the WEF and the elites at Davos conspiring with this sham of a Labour government to directly interfere in our electoral system."

Polling among 16-21 year olds shows a near 4:1 ratio of support for rejoining the European Union, while polling of EU nationals is expectedly high at 96%, with those who don't support it not considering that it would make much difference to their existing arrangements. The expansion of the franchise will add almost 4 million eligible votes for next year's referendum, and highly regarded psephologist John Curtice told The Times that the odds of a rejoin vote have swung drastically from around 51% in favour to closer to 59% as a result.

A government source has said that the is growing pressure with the Labour Party to push ahead with further electoral reforms which might include expanding the voting franchise in general elections, and potentially implementing proportional representation. Discussions on PR have garnered support at Labour conferences for several years, but the Prime Minister is understood to be focusing on reform to the House of Lords. All of these reforms are expected to be vehemently opposed by the Conservatives, but their capacity to prevent them will be limited.

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