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Tobacco firms see £1bn wiped off value in wake of Rishi Sunak’s planned crackdown

The British prime minister plans to introduce a new law banning tobacco sales to anybody born on or after January 1, 2009

John Walsh: Businesses need to wake up to the governance challenges of AI and climate change

Backlash over Rishi Sunak’s green U-turn will be nothing compared to what companies will face if they don’t adapt to issues thrown up by AI and ESG guidelines

Culture Counter

Culture Counter: Your guide to what’s in and what’s out

Simone Rocha puts her best foot forward with a Crocs collaboration, while bedlam breaks out in Leinster house following a day of protests

EU nations set to join Britain in watering down moves to cut pollution from cars

Rishi Sunak, the British prime minister, is weighing deferring by five years to 2035 a ban on the sale of cars powered by diesel and petrol, according to a person familiar with the plan

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Editorial: British response to Varadkar united Ireland comments unhelpful and insulting

Bank of England preparing to raise interest rates to fresh 15-year high

The last time the base rate stood at 5.25 per cent was in March 2008

UK banks to be warned of account closure crack down as Farage-Coutts row spills into new week

Economic secretary reportedly to invite UK’s 19 bank chiefs to meet to discuss proposed changes

Tories suffer two defeats but avoid whitewash in British by-elections

A narrow win in Uxbridge and South Ruislip spared the ruling Conservatives from a sweep

British Politics

Sunak warns MPs of ‘tough battle’ in three by-elections

The British prime minister told a meeting of Tory MPs that sitting governments “rarely win” by-elections

Joe Biden expected to raise Northern Ireland peace process concerns with Rishi Sunak

The American president will meet the British prime minister in London on Monday on his way to a Nato summit in Lithuania

Analysis: Rishi Sunak faces July sprint in pre-election bid to revive Tory hopes

A state visit by Joe Biden, doctors strikes and a predicted uptick in asylum seekers will challenge the UK Prime Minister in what will be a tense three-week political test of his leadership

British economy set to fall into recession by year-end as rates rise to 6%, economists warn

The Bank of England is expected to continue increasing interest rates this year in a bid to tame double-digit inflation that is the worst in Europe

Truss: Cross-party report ‘overly harsh’ on Johnson

Former UK Prime Minister’s remarks in Dublin come as MPs gear up to vote on whether to accept the report

Matt Cooper: Why Boris Johnson’s resignation is straight out of the Bertie Ahern playbook

The former British prime minister and former taoiseach both jumped before they were pushed – but that’s not the only thing they have in common

Boris Johnson rewards close allies and aides linked to partygate scandal in honours list

Downing Street sought to distance Rishi Sunak, the current British prime minister, from Johnson’s resignation list

Northern Ireland

Varadkar: Ireland won’t be caught off guard in any DUP deal

Taoiseach says Ireland and the UK are working to get Northern Ireland’s political institutions up and running by September but added there were “no guarantees”

Artificial Intelligence

‘I feel lost’ – AI pioneer speaks out as experts warn it could wipe out humanity

Professor Yoshua Bengio says all people working on the technology should have ethical training

Sunak won’t push Biden for trade deal on US visit next week - spokesperson

Britain is seeking a trading arrangement with the US that amounts to a free trade agreement ‘in all but name’

Boris Johnson in row with Cabinet office after police referral

It comes as PM Rishi Sunak is expected to address his Home Secretary’s handling of a speeding ticket

Dominic Raab to stand down at next election

The former deputy prime minister quit Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet last month over bullying allegations