Kemi Badenoch becomes first cabinet minister to say they will vote against smoking ban bill – UK politics live

Business secretary says she agrees with prime minister’s policy intentions but believes in ‘equality under the law’At 12.30pm a transport minister will respond to an urgent question in the Commons tabled by Labour on job losses in the rail industry. That means the debate on the smoking ban will will not start until about 1.15pm.Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, is one of the Britons speaking at the National Conservatism conference in Brussels starting today. The conf