7,700 corner shops & off licences will CLOSE with 70k jobs axed thanks to Keir Starmer’s smoking crackdown, report warns

A WHOPPING 7,700 corner shops and off licences will close and 70,000 jobs scrapped if Keir Starmer’s smoking crackdown goes through.

A report has said that the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which affects the legal smoking age, will lead to thousands of shops to shutter.

ReutersA report has slammed Keir Starmer’s gradual smoking ban[/caption] AlamyThousands stores and jobs will be axed if the law is introduced, the report states[/caption]

The generational sales ban (GSB) increases...