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Imperial Brands to deliver full-year guidance as it launches £1.1bn buy-back October 5, 2023 Imperial Brands, the tobacco giant behind Lambert & Butler, Winston and Gauloises, has said it is on track to deliver its full-year guidance thanks to high prices of cigarettes and demand for tobacco alternatives. The cigarette company, which also makes Golden Virginia tobacco, said that strong pricing led by the rising costs helped offset historic [...]
Sunak faces backlash from Johnson and Cameron over HS2 axing – as he’s reported to the police in Scotland October 5, 2023 Rishi Sunak has faced criticism from his predecessors in Number 10 for losing a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” by cancelling the northern leg of HS2. The Prime Minister defied senior Tories and business leaders to scrap HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester saying “the facts have changed” and the cost of the high-speed rail scheme had “more than [...]
Scrapping HS2 was a smart move – now bring on more bold action October 5, 2023 Structural reforms are one thing: cultural shifts are altogether more difficult. Many a football manager has learnt this over the years, where a formation change and a sprinkling of new talent in an under-performing club fails to make a difference because something in the club isn’t right. Creating winning cultures is hard. City bigwigs are [...]
‘What Brexit was about’: How Tories in the conference hall saw Sunak’s speech October 4, 2023 Rishi Sunak was praised by Tory delegates for an “amazing” conference speech which saw him cancel the Manchester leg of HS2, scrap A-Levels and announce a long-term smoking ban. Attendees leaving the packed Manchester conference hall were effusive in their reactions to the Prime Minister – and vowed they were “confident” he could win the [...]
Sunak strips HS2 bosses of London Euston responsibility: ‘There must be accountability for mistakes made’ October 4, 2023 HS2 Ltd has been stripped of responsibility for Euston station as there “must be some accountability for the mistakes made”, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. Rishi Sunak used his speech at the Conservative Party conference to confirm that the high-speed railway will reach the central London station after developing a plan that will generate cost [...]
BAT, Imperial Brands shares slide after Sunak reveals smoking crackdown October 4, 2023 The share prices of major tobacco companies slid today after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced new proposals to crack down on smoking.
‘Done the unthinkable’: HS2 northern leg scrapped, Rishi Sunak confirms in Tory conference speech October 4, 2023 The northern leg of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester has been scrapped, Rishi Sunak has announced. The Prime Minister confirmed the decision to axe the route as he made his keynote speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester today. Sunak said: “I am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of [...]
Rishi Sunak to defy backlash by axing HS2 route to Manchester October 4, 2023 Rishi Sunak is expected to defy a backlash from Tory colleagues and northern leaders by abandoning the high-speed rail route to Manchester as he seeks to portray himself as a radical reformer. The Prime Minister is expected to use his Conservative conference speech in the northern city to axe the HS2 leg from Birmingham as [...]
Sunak and Hunt may be a tired act but the Tories are quietly confident October 4, 2023 After the drama of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt may seem boring but there's a quiet sense that the Conservative party is in it for the long-term, writes Sasha O'Sullivan
Long-termism makes for good policy, if not a catchy slogan October 4, 2023 As election pitches go, the one that Rishi Sunak is going to try out today is a tad unusual. “You’re all fed up of us, so give us another shot” is not obvious campaigning gold. Yet there may be a nugget in there nonetheless. Sunak’s contention in his speech will be that the country is [...]