THE lowering of the voting age from 18 to 16 has been opposed by UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall.

The East Lancashire MEP said: “Sixteen-year-olds do not have enough life experience to make sound judgements when voting and consequently I am against reducing the age limit.”

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Mr Nuttall, spoke out after Labour leader Ed Miliband called for the voting age to be reduced by two years.

He said: “It’s perfectly obvious why Labour have committed to introducing this measure within a year of taking power – naive youngsters tend to have Utopian dreams of life and can be more gullible.

“They are also subjected to pro-EU propaganda lessons which is ethically wrong and an abuse of taxpayers’ money. As they grow older... and experience first hand making their way in the world they are better able to make reasoned judgements.”