The party leader said anyone paying tax should “have a say” in how their money is spent as he was questioned about the commitment on Saturday. Asked by reporters on the campaign trail in Staffordshire whether Labour would lower the voting age, Sir Keir said: “Yes, I want to see both 16 and 17-year-olds. “I would be extremely surprised if it wasn’t in the King’s Speech,” a source told the paper, describing the legislation needed as “extremely straightforward”. Rishi Sunak meeting veterans at a community breakfast in his constituency (Oli Scarff/PA)Meanwhile, Rishi Sunak spent the morning meeting local veterans for breakfast in his North Yorkshire constituency, where he made light of the rain-soaked Downing Street announcement in which he called the July 4 election. The Prime Minister joked: “I thought, ‘come rain or shine, it’s the right thing to do’.
