In the wake of the recent National Voter Registration Drive, David Kingman argues that IF’s latest piece of research shows just how important it is for young people to register to vote
Category: Voting Age
Devolution could give 16 year-olds the vote in local elections for first time
David Kingman reports on the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill, in which an opposition amendment has been inserted that would give 16 year-olds the right to vote in local elections
A Democratic Revolution for Youth: The “Youth Tithe” as a Doctrine
On 31 August 2001 in Lima, Peru, Christian Pardo Reyes started a campaign – operating through events and publications – to introduce a quota system to reflect the need to involve youth at all levels of government power. His organisation became the Internacional Juvenil. To achieve its goals, it established strong relationships with other youth… Read more »
Are the government’s latest pension reforms short-termist?
David Kingman asks whether recent changes to private pension-saving could benefit the government today at the expense of the longer term
Does an Intergenerational Social Contract Exist?
IF supporter and recent graduate Tom Hannah reassesses the assumption that each generation looks after the next in the expectation that the favour will be returned
How high was youth turnout at the 2015 general election?
David Kingman explores some preliminary research which suggests that young people may have voted in extraordinarily large numbers in the 2015 general election
Who should Young People Vote for this Week? The Greens?
Liz Emerson, IF Co-Founder, analyses the manifestos using the lens of intergenerational fairness in the run-up to the May General Election. Today she inspects The Greens
Who should Young People Vote for this coming May? UKIP?
Liz Emerson, IF Co-Founder, analyses the manifestos using the lens of intergenerational fairness in the run-up to the May General Election. Today she inspects UKIP
Who should Young People Vote for this May? The LibDems?
Liz Emerson, IF Co-Founder, analyses the manifestos using the lens of intergenerational fairness in the run-up to the May General Election. Today she inspects the LibDems
Electoral Commission: Nearly half a million young people register to vote in run-up to 2015 general election
David Kingman reports recent news from the Electoral Commission about the number of young people who have registered to vote ahead of the 2015 general election