Rushanara Ali, the minister for democracy, said the next general election will see 16-year-olds able to vote for the first time in wide-ranging plans to 'modernise our democracy'. Labour's ...

Democracy Minister Rushanara Ali said the change would strengthen safeguards against foreign interference in British politics. There will also be tougher sentences for people convicted of ...

More now from Democracy Minister Rushanara Ali, who confirms the government is planning to lower the voting age to 16 in time for the next general election. This is due to take place by 2029, but ...

Rushanara Ali, the minister for democracy, said the move would take “a generational step forward in restoring public trust and boosting engagement in UK democracy”.

He summoned democracy minister Rushanara Ali to the despatch box to take questions about the Government's plans, which it had originally set out in a written statement. Conservative shadow ho ...

To be fair to our “minister for democracy”, Rushanara Ali can read. Every answer to every question was read from a fat file sectioned by tabs and scrawled in the desperate highlighter of someone who ...

Democracy Minister Rushanara Ali accepted young people may be less engaged in politics but told ITV News it is "really important" to give them "the option to participate in democracy".

Minister for Democracy Rushanara Ali described it as a "generational step forward", while the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government added, "far too many people are being deterred ...

Speaking to ITV News at an event with young people to launch the votes at 16 plans, Democracy Minister Rushanara Ali said: “We are introducing votes at 16, this was one of our manifesto ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Rushanara Ali is a Member for House of Commons in the United Kingdom with 12 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2015 Foreign Legislature.

Rushanara Ali Biography Rushanara Ali MP is a British Labour Party politician and Associate Director of the Young Foundation, who has been the Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow since ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Ali Rushanara is a Member for House of Commons in the United Kingdom with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2015 Foreign Legislature.