UK unemployment stands at 4.9% with 1.78 million people out of work as of mid-2026. Long-term unemployment affects around 250,000 people, who are more likely to be unregistered or abstain from voting than the general population. Proposals linking voting rights to employment or tax contribution have appeared in opinion pieces and old petitions but have never been adopted into law.
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Should abortion be made illegal in the UK?
Rights · 63 votes · 19h 36m left
Should legal exemptions exist under religious belief grounds?
Rights · 61 votes · 19h 36m left
Should Britain be giving military support to Saudi Arabia to fight the Houthis in Yemen?
Defence · 62 votes · 19h 36m left
Should Andy Burnham meet Donald Trump at the UN?
Foreign Policy · 59 votes · 19h 36m left
Should the UK-US medicine pricing agreement have an independent audit?
Health · 56 votes · 19h 36m left
Should the school-leaving age be lowered to 14, with pupils then entering paid apprenticeships?
Education · 60 votes · 19h 36m left
Should the UK replace domestic energy billing charges with a fixed allocation of units at a fixed price?
Energy · 55 votes · 19h 36m left
5 Opinions
If you live here, you have the right to vote.
Why don't we send the to the workhouse as well.
All UK citizens living in the UK should have the right to vote, whether employed or not.
With the increasing use of AI, it is not difficult to foresee a future in which there are mass redundancies and long-term unemployment. Disenfranchising the very people whose livelihood may have been lost due to government incompetence or inertia is unethical.