The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, announced on Wednesday October 4 that he was scaling back a major infrastructure project for the country, a high-speed train line which aimed to open up the north of the country, but which the cost had soared.
“I cancel the rest of the HS2 project”declared the head of the conservative government during a speech at his party congress in Manchester (north-west of England). “In its place we will reinvest every penny, £36 billion [41,6 milliards d’euros]in hundreds of new transport projects »he promised.
A tobacco-free country
The Prime Minister also announced his intention to extend the ban on the sale of cigarettes so that, gradually, the United Kingdom becomes a tobacco-free country. “I propose that in the future we increase the age [légal] to smoke for a year every yeardeclared the head of government. This means that a 14 year old today will never be legally sold a cigarette and that he and his generation will be able to grow up without smoking. »
Rishi Sunak also called on his allies to continue arming kyiv, at a time when military aid from certain Western countries seems to be called into question. “I say it to our allies: if we give the necessary tools to the president [Volodymyr] Zelensky, the Ukrainians will finish the job »he said, recalling that London was the first to supply tanks to the Ukrainian army.