The United Kingdom's government is planning to ban public sector and critical infrastructure organizations from paying ransoms after ransomware attacks.

UK to lower voting age to 16 in major electoral reform The move, following through on a campaign pledge, will give the UK one of the lowest national voting ages in the world.

Roshni Majumdar with Reuters and UK government sources 07/17/2025 The landmark electoral reform is set to give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote before the next general election in 2029.

The United Kingdom could become one of the first European countries to lower the voting age to 16 in all national elections, in what the government is calling a landmark effort to “future-proof ...

If passed, the proposed changes would bring the voting age to 16 across the whole of the UK and in line with Scotland and Wales, where 16-year-olds can already vote.

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The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has formally attributed 'Authentic Antics' espionage malware attacks to APT28 (Fancy Bear), threat actor already linked to Russia's military ...

OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, has signed a deal to use artificial intelligence (AI) to increase productivity in the UK's public services, the government has announced.

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The UK will be forced to pay into the European Union’s budget as a result of Sir Keir Starmer’s reset deal, new documents have revealed.

The government plans to use facial recognition technology to verify the age of migrants that arrive in the UK.

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain moved on Thursday to lower the voting age by two years to 16 in all UK elections, a major overhaul of the country's democratic system that immediately split opinion over ...