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Mete Coban

Mete Coban is a Labour Party councillor and CEO of youth-led democracy charity My Life My Say

Newly elected US president Joe Biden

Britons must learn one thing from the US election – every vote counts

Young people have been attacked for breaking lockdown rules, despite bearing its economic burden

I’m sick of hearing young people blamed for spreading coronavirus

With youth turnout still woefully low, it's time to start automatically adding eligible voters to the electoral register

It’s time to start automatically adding voters to the electoral roll