5 d. 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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6 d. ago UK hasn’t seen poverty like this for 60 years, says Gordon Brown in call to scrap two

The former prime minister backed reforms to gambling taxes in order to generate the £3.2bn needed to scrap the cap

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6 d. ago Gordon Brown warns child poverty in Scotland is getting 'worse everyday' as he calls for UK Government action

The former prime minister is demanding Rachel Reeves taxes gambling companies to pay for the scrapping of the two-child cap on benefits.

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6 d. ago Gordon Brown blasts return of 'poverty of 60 years ago' as he makes one big demand

Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned the Government must act now on the two-child benefit limit and said he's seen a return to the poverty of 60 years ago

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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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