Fears of consumers turning to the black market are “a red herring”. In today’s Financial Times on.ft.com/4lvlrpq

Have you ever wondered why our high streets are flooded with betting shops and slot machine venues? It’s time to end “aim to permit”, raise the gambling tax, and put communities before billionaire gambling firms. My @Guardian piece 👇🏾 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This says it all. "In 2024/25, 13,893 people self-excluded from Adult Gaming Centres – an increase of 340 percent since 2021/22." In this week's Private Eye Magazine

Dawn is absolutely right. Adult gaming centres deliberately target the most deprived areas and exploit the people who can least afford it. End 'aim to permit'.

Shocking testimony from Jackie Olden. Her mother, Wendy, spent over 16 hours at one slot machine trying to win money for her funeral as she was dying of cancer. The gambling industry failed her family and countless others. We need urgent reform. 🎥 Watch Jackie’s story:

“It’s the most popular tax they could possibly raise” Alex Ballinger MP on why the Government needs to do the right (and popular) thing and raise much-needed revenue from gambling. #GamblingReformSummit

“The media should never have been allowed to be a gambling affiliate. We need change.” Rousing closing speech from the brilliant Derek Webb at the #GamblingReformSummit

It was an honour to speak amongst this panel and hear not only from them but those with lived experience brave enough to speak up about the harms they face. A really insightful day!

Lots of positive developments in the gambling reform space next.io/news/features/…

Big questions for UK Research and Innovation who have inexplicably made a mess of research commissioning under the statutory gambling levy. Fantastic coverage of gambling reform in Private Eye Magazine as ever.

When someone dies by gambling suicide, investigations can reveal what went wrong – and how to prevent future deaths. This #WorldSuicidePreventionDay, please watch and share our new film about how we support bereaved families #WSPD #WSPD25 youtube.com/watch?v=f9mcCH…

The government must not “harmonise” the tax for bets on horse racing with tax on online casinos Online slots and casino is the most harmful form of gambling. Single event betting on racing the least Instead of harmonisation, govt should increase the tax on online casinos to 50%