Labour's proposal to allow EU citizens to vote in UK general elections ‘may never see the light of day’, says former Home Secretary Alan Johnson
By Emma Soteriou
Despite Mr Johnson disregarding potential for EU citizens to vote, he said opening up voting to 16 and 17-year-olds seemed more likely as it "has been the policy for some time" for Labour.every Monday to Thursday from 6pm to 7pmSpeaking on LBC's Tonight with Andrew Marr, Mr Johnson said: "From what I hear, and I'm not an expert on this, Andrew, I'm a writer, not a politician at the moment, it's a National Policy Forum paper.
"I mean, it's a bit different from 16- to 17-year-olds, which has been the policy for some time, which I fundamentally disagree with, by the way… For this, I think there's every chance that it won't get any further than a Policy Forum discussion.
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