Shift in rate reduction predictions to autumn hits prime minister’s strategy of winning back mortgage payers

Peers pass four amendments inserting safeguards into bill, including exempting migrants who helped British troops

 

sunak likes to pretend his predecessor never happened. But are the moderates going to sit back and cede their party to fanatics, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, has cleared its first Commons hurdle despite a Tory revolt

Ministers and ex-ministers – some seen as having leadership ambitions – who voted against the bill include Badenoch and Braverman

Prospective contenders Badenoch, Braverman, Jenrick and Mordaunt abstained or voted against the ban

Rishi sunak warned Benjamin Netanyahu further escalation between Israel and Iran was in ‘no one’s interest’

Rishi sunak suffers blow to his authority as 57 of his own MPs vote against his plan and over 100 abstain

‘I do not support the approach this bill is taking and so will be voting against it,’ business secretary says

Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch among those who defied prime minister’s call for his cabinet to back the plan

The government’s anti-smoking bill gets its second reading in parliament but faces opposition from some Tory MPs

Watch live as Rishi sunak’s controversial Rwanda asylum bill returns to House of Lords on Tuesday (16 April) after MPs rejected a series of amendments.

Plea comes a week after Boris Johnson called the policy ‘nuts’

Professor Sir Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England, has said those opposed to the ban on selling tobacco products should be “against something which takes away people’s choices,” as addiction often starts at a young age. The Prime M ...

The prime minister made the ‘wrong political choice’ by backing national insurance cuts as pollster Luke Tryl says there is just a 5 per cent chance of Tory victory at next general election

Health leaders have welcomed plan to create smoke-free generation – but PM is facing trouble from some Tory MPs

Watch as a Home Office minister repeatedly dodges questions on whether the government has an airline “ready” to take asylum seekers to Rwanda. Laura Farris appeared on Sky News on Tuesday 16 April to discuss Rishi sunak’s flagship deportation b ...

Simon Clarke said the PM’s plans could create a black market

PM’s plan to prevent those under 16 ever being able to buy tobacco should pass due to Labour support, but many of his own MPs could abstain or vote against