Harry Quilter-Pinner

I am incredibly proud of the @IPPR team for all the influential work they are doing to shape progressive politics across the UK. Delighted the @FT have chosen to feature our work at this exciting moment. Lot more work to be done! ft.com/content/61a2e3…

Delighted to announce that @IPPR will be hosting Global Progress conference in London this year with @LabourTogether @CAPAction - this will be a big moment for progressives to set out their answers to the big challenges facing our countries.

Should we smash 'the system' and rebuild it from scratch — or is incremental reform enough? "It's nonsense, it's unrealistic, and it should be discounted," says James Cleverly.

Will lowering the voting age to 16 help Labour? 📻 @harry_qp tells @theJeremyVine: "I don't think any party can take for granted that any group will reliably support them." 👇

Intriguing to hear so many of the objections to votes at 16 today. Consciously or otherwise, so many are exactly the same arguments which were used about every single extension of the franchise since the 19th century.

About 9.7 million people.

Again…the point of regulation is to protect people from harm. Smoking, vapes, alcohol - they all inherently cause harm. Voting doesn’t.

I don’t see any logical link…

These things are perfectly consistent. Smoking and drinking cause harm. Raising the age of access is protecting people. Voting doesn’t cause harm. Lowering the voting age empowers and gives people a stake in the future.

Is it not possible they actually care about youth voter turnout - regardless of who they vote for?

Ermmm…42% of 15-34 year olds live with their parents…Do you want to take the vote off all of them?

Key point. The most consequential measure in this election reform package is automatic voter registration - not because more will vote but because constituency boundaries will shift as a result - crudely more low registration inner city seats/fewer leafy high registration ones

Totally disagree @piersmorgan - young people can work, pay tax and serve in the military, why shouldn’t they vote? When introduced in Scotland turnout amongst young people went up, not just temporarily but on a long term basis. This is part of rebuilding a culture of democracy.

🎉10th ANNIVERSARY🎉 A decade ago, IPPR Scotland was established in a big moment of change to support progressive policymaking. 📢Now, as Scotland faces fresh challenges, we’re hosting a major conference to ask: What next? 🗓️Save the date: 29 Oct 2025 ippr.org/events/ippr-sc…

Today’s policies are the biggest electoral reform since 1969. Lowering the voting age to 16 and steps toward automatic voter registration could eventually bring 9.5 million new people into our democracy. 📺 @harry_qp on @SkyNews 👇

"You won't be surprised to hear my economic vision is a liberal one", @EdwardJDavey says. "What we need is liberal economics 2.0" he adds, saying we need international cooperation, as he calls for the UK to not appease the anti-free trade politics of Donald Trump.

The rise of Reform is not unique to the UK, @JamesCleverly tells @harry_qp. "'Smash the system' is an excuse, it's an easy way of ducking the problem" he says.

"What happens when elected politicians keep letting voters down?" asks @JamesCleverly.

Delighted to welcome @JamesCleverly to @IPPR - he is arguing for more honesty and more accountability in politics.