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Voter numbers drop after Tories fiddle with system

BRITAIN’S missing ballots scandal deepened yesterday as Labour warned that the number of first-time voters alone is down 100,000 on 2014 following Tory meddling with the system.

Labour leader Ed Miliband used “national voter registration day” to launch an offensive over the changes which saw a new online system rushed through despite warnings over the problems it would cause.

Thousands of students are among those hit by the switch which stopped colleges and universities bulk registering people living in communal accommodation.

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