We've teamed up with The Week Junior to share their topical debates, so you can discuss the important issues of the day with your children. This week, it's all about the election.
In the UK, we live in a democracy. This means that citizens aged 18 and over have the right to vote in elections to choose which political party they want to lead the country. It hasn’t always been this way. For example, women were not allowed to vote until 1918 – and only then if they were over 30. Now, almost everyone who is old enough can vote in elections.
