Reports

The UK government introduced the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to parliament on 20 March, 2024. The planned legislation aims to create a “smokefree generation” by prohibiting the sale of tobacco to people born on or after 1 January 2009.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivered his second Spring Budget on 6 March 2024, with headline measures including a further cut to national insurance contributions from April and freeze on fuel duty for another year.

The European Parliament elections, the world’s largest transnational poll, involve a vote across all 27 member states, to pick a new cohort of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) for the next five-year term.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, faces a momentous balancing act in the 2024 Spring Budget on 6 March. Conservatives are desperate for the Treasury to deliver tax cuts and other fiscal measures that will boost the economy and the party’s fortunes ahead of the general election later this year.

The new Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) was created one year ago as part of a departmental shakeup by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Daniella Bennett Remington, Political Consultant for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport, takes a look at what the Department has been up to in its first year and the legislation on its plate.

A one-stop guide to Sunak’s smoking ban plan, including the Tobacco and Vapes Bill and political insight. Download the Dods Political Intelligence report.

This Dods Political Intelligence report provides an outline of the key measures in the Bill along with a range of political and stakeholder reactions gathered ahead of the second reading of the legislation in the House of Commons.

This Dods EU Political Intelligence report provides an update on EU enlargement ahead of a key December European Council summit. Download now.