The Prime Minister said 'voting is a privilege' and the Government has 'no plans' to change the rules
Asked whether he would contemplate relaxing the current rules, Mr Sunak said: “I think that voting is a privilege. We have a set of rules in place about who is eligible to vote. And we have no plans to change that.”
He said: “These laws, the Labour government put them in place for Northern Ireland when they were in office, point one. Point two, they’re used in tonnes of other countries across Europe and indeed Canada.
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