LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: 10 under-30 candidates make a powerful case for their seat in council chambers
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Young people are often criticised for disengaging from politics, but these researchers, community organisers and local activists, all under the age of 30, have had enough of decisions about their future being made without them and have d…
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