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Andrew Neil looked at whether the franchise for the EU referendum should be lowered to 16, in a discussion with Conservative peer Lord Forsyth and Labour peer Baroness Bakewell.

On Wednesday the House of Lords voted to allow 16- and 17-year-olds the opportunity to vote in the poll, the date of which is yet to be announced.

The move was welcomed by Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the SNP - but the government said it was wrong to change the franchise "by the back door" and it would seek to reverse it.