The Greyhound Board of Great Britain has brought a legal challenge to the Administrative Court for Wales over the Welsh Government’s decision to ban greyhound racing. The board said it is seeking a judicial review and argued that regulation could protect animal welfare and the sport’s integrity; the government announced its proposed ban in February.
The court challenge could affect whether greyhound racing is prohibited in Wales.
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The Betting and Gaming Council said the UK’s planned increase in Machine Games Duty to 25% could put nearly 9,000 jobs at risk and leave almost 1,000 betting shops and casinos facing closure or serious risk of closure, citing EY estimates. The council also cited more than 600 betting shops closed or set to close since the previous year’s budget and said over 11,000 online and retail jobs had been lost or put at risk. Its chief executive, Grainne Hurst, criticised the tax increase.
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has criticised the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer's decision to raise Machine Games Duty (MGD) to 25%, the trade body said. The BGC said the increase would put almost 9,000 jobs at risk and leave almost 1,000 betting shops and casinos facing closure or serious risk of closure, according to estimates by EY cited by the council.
Chancellor John Healey announced that the UK will raise Machine Games Duty from 20% to 25%, according to the report. Healey said the increase would fund additional high-street support, while the small-business relief threshold will rise from £12,000 to £18,000. Industry groups warned that higher taxes could contribute to shop closures and job losses.
The United Kingdom will raise Machine Games Duty from 20% to 25%, Chancellor John Healey announced in the new budget. Healey said the additional tax revenue would provide greater support for high streets. Adult gaming centres and vape shops will be exempt from that relief, he said.
The Betting and Gaming Council's chief executive has told UK MPs backing an increase in Machine Games Duty that their views are "deeply misguided". Ninety MPs have called for the tax to rise.
The Betting and Gaming Council says a possible increase in the UK’s Machine Games Duty to 40% could put up to 16,000 jobs at risk. It cites EY modelling that also estimates nearly 1,500 betting shops, up to 34 casinos and up to £124 million in Treasury revenue could be at risk. It was reported that the BGC asked the Government to rule out an MGD increase.
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has said that a possible increase in the UK's Machine Games Duty (MGD) to 40% could put up to 16,000 jobs at risk, citing independent modelling by EY. The BGC, which represents the regulated gambling and betting industry in the UK, made the call ahead of the next Budget and asked the Chancellor to rule out any rise in MGD, to assess the effects of tax increases already introduced and to suspend a planned increase in General Betting Duty.
The House of Lords Liaison Committee urged the UK government to ban gambling advertising. Its follow-up report also called on ministers to drop the aim of growing the licensed industry and return to a policy of tolerating gambling without promoting it. Industry figures and researchers dispute the report’s treatment of survey data, advertising measures and illegal-market risks.
The House of Lords Liaison Committee has urged the government to ban gambling advertising "as soon as practicable" and to abandon its aim of growing the licensed industry, in a follow-up report published on 17 September. The committee said there is "no evidence for the safety of gambling advertising" and that voluntary measures "have not gone far enough". The government has two months to respond.