Sunak ‘disappointed’ smoking bill won’t become law before General Election

Rishi Sunak has said he is ‘disappointed’ that his flagship smoking bill will not pass before parliament shuts down ahead of the 2024 General Election.

The proposed law would have prevented Brits born in or after 2009 from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes – but now its future is in doubt.

There are a little under six weeks to go until the country goes to the polls for the first time since 2019.