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Former Treasury minister Stephen Timms MP writes about recent changes to gambling policy in light of changes he brought forward in Government twenty years ago. He writes that despite promising to behave responsibly, Bookmakers "simply let greed rip, fleecing vulnerable punters without restraint for years".
A new partnership is turning the tide on inactivity by creating a nation of swimmers.
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes that despite Brexit dominating Westminster politics, legislation reducing the maximum stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) from £100 to £2 a spin on 1st April 2019 has now completed its passage through parliament.
77 churches and chapels in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are sharing in a £430,000 Christmas grant payout from the National Churches Trust, the charity supporting church buildings of all Christian denominations across the UK.
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes about changes to FOBT stake levels which will come into force in 2019 and predicts that further reforms to the remote gambling sector might now follow.
From the British Museum to the V&A, we need to be getting our ‘towels on the beach’ before anyone else using the vast repository of British culture and cultural institutions, writes Tim Loughton
Scottish Conservative MP Stephen Kerr writes following his House of Commons Adjournment debate on Community Broadband.
Since the referendum, Melvyn Bragg has made it his business to familiarise himself with all things Brexit. The broadcaster fears that leaving the EU will be a disaster for the country – but sees a way out for his party and Theresa May. He talks to Sebastian Whale
Theresa May has been forced to bring forward a clampdown on fixed odds betting terminals after a major revolt by Tory MPs.
Betting shops will comply with the timing that the Government sets for the £2 stake implementation.
Boris Johnson is set to cause a fresh headache for Theresa May as he joins up to 60 MPs rebelling over delays to a clampdown on gambling machines.
Former Secretary of State for Scotland Alistair Carmichael writes ahead of his House of Commons Adjournment debate on the potential effect of a VAT reduction on the tourism industry.
The Cabinet minister responsible for media and culture has admitted he does not read newspapers or have a paid subscription to any news outlets.
SNP MP Ronnie Cowan calls on former DCMS minister Tracey Crouch to join the APPG on FOBTs and use her knowledge to ensure it holds the government to account on this issue.
Tracey Crouch has resigned as sports minister over the Government's decision to delay a crackdown on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals.
Angry Conservative MPs have hit out at the Government for delaying a major clampdown on Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals.
The Bank of England should grant Mary Seacole the honour of being the first woman of colour to appear on a British bank note, writes Wes Streeting MP.
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling is calling for swift introduction of changes to stake levels for fixed odds betting terminals announced by the government in May. It states: "The implementation date must be no later than April 2019, and if that’s not announced in either the Budget or imminent legislation, then the government risks losing both a vote in the House of Commons and any moral high ground on gambling reform".
Ofcom’s regulation of the BBC has been notable by its absence. The situation is unsustainable – there will have to be a big change, starting with a new chair, says Lord Adonis
The BBC failed the British people in its refusal to grant equal pay to female employees, a group of MPs have declared.
49 percent of British adults visited a church, chapel of meeting house in the last year, according to an opinion poll carried out by ComRes for the National Churches Trust in September 2018. That is equivalent to around 25 million people.
A cross-party group of more than thirty MP and peers call on the Chancellor to live up to the government’s pledge and implement the £2 stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals – or they will seek to amend the Finance Bill
The Campaign for Fairer Gambling calls for the Chancellor to be bold on measures to protect vulnerable gamblers in his upcoming Budget and to announce final plans to reduce stake levels on fixed odds betting terminals, which are now overdue.
The world class music profession in this country has not come about by accident. Now it is at risk of crumbling from the bottom upwards, warns Lord Black
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