45 h. ago Children as young as 11 tempted to try betting after being ‘flooded’ by celebrity endorsement

Those in UK aged 11-17 said seeing a celebrity gambling or advertising it made them want to emulate them, survey findsChildren as young as 11 feel tempted to try betting after being “flooded” by celebrities and sports stars promoting it, according to two reports that found nearly 90% of children aged 13-17 are exposed to gambling content online.The UK’s leading gambling charity, GambleAware, which commissioned the reports, urged regulators and policymakers to address social media accounts and influencers producing betting content on platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Twitch in light of the findings. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves opens door to gambling tax hike after Gordon Brown poverty demand

Ex-PM Gordon Brown says a hike in tax on the 'massively undertaxed profit' of the gambling industry could raise enough cash to scrap the controversial two-child benefit limit

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3 w. ago Voices: Rachel Reeves won’t thank Gordon Brown for his tax advice

By advocating for an increase in online gambling levies – not to help close the yawning fiscal gap, but to pay for the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap – the former prime minister has suggested that the moral case for higher spending outweighs the need for fiscal responsibility, says John Rentoul

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3 w. ago Reeves confirms Treasury reviewing gambling taxes – UK politics live

Gambling tax reform is being strongly promoted by Gordon Brown, the former Labour PM who also spent 10 years as chancellorRushanara Ali, the homelessness minister, is facing criticism for hiking rent on a property she owns by hundreds of pounds, reportedly just weeks after the previous tenants’ contract ended, PA Media reports. PA says:Four tenants who rented a house in east London from Ali were sent an email last November saying their lease would not be renewed, which also gave them four months’ notice to leave, the i newspaper reported.Ali’s property was then re-listed with a £700 rent increase within weeks, the newspaper said. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Tax gambling industry more to lift 500,000 children out of poverty, government urged

The gambling industry should pay a ‘fairer share,’ former PM Gordon Brown said

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4 w. ago Gordon Brown backs gambling tax reform to tackle child poverty

The IPPR argued that it feels ‘fair’ to ask the ‘highly profitable’ gambling industry to contribute more.

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4 w. ago Gordon Brown calls for gambling tax hikes to lift 500,000 kids out of poverty

Gordon Brown said poverty was blighting the lives of Britain’s children as he called for 'massively undertaxed profits' of the gambling industry to be used to lift kids out of poverty

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4 w. ago GORDON BROWN: 'Taxing the betting industry to support our children won’t be a gamble'

Gordon Brown says 'with the public finances tight and children hungry, there is an obvious fix: use the massively undertaxed profits of the gambling industry to lift 500,000 children out of poverty'

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