A tobacco ban that would prevent young people from ever legally buying cigarettes has passed its first legislative hurdle in ...

Rishi Sunak failed to turn up to vote for a ban on young people ever being able to buy cigarettes, despite the former prime ...

MPs have backed plans to make it illegal for anyone currently aged 15 or younger to ever buy cigarettes in the UK. The idea ...

Landmark plans to ban young people from ever being able to smoke passed a major parliamentary hurdle after MPs voted in ...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage failed to turn up for a Commons vote on the smoking ban, despite being a vocal critic of the ...

Rishi Sunak has abstained from voting on the smoking ban, one of the landmark policies he put forward as Prime Minister.

MPs are to vote on a landmark smoking bill which would raise the legal tobacco purchasing age and clamp down on “harmful” ...

The Health Secretary defended the Government’s plans to create a ‘smoke-free generation’ by gradually raising the age at ...

Rishi Sunak failed to vote for a ban on young people ever being able to buy cigarettes - even though it was his idea in the ...

The Bill faced criticism during its second reading, with Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell arguing that people should be able ...

Legislation passes second reading in Commons as Streeting says it will 'come down on the vaping industry like a ton of bricks ...

After Rishi Sunak failed to pass his ban before the election, Wes Streeting's beefed up Bill passed with an enormous majority this evening.