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UK MPs challenge gambling advertising controls in Commons debate

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Labour MP Alex Ballinger criticised the UK Gambling Commission’s handling of gambling advertising during a House of Commons debate. Ballinger cited an APPG report in arguing that advertising can impede recovery from gambling addiction; Conservative MP Esther McVey challenged the accuracy of his figures, which Ballinger said came from Commission surveys.

The dispute puts the evidence and effectiveness of UK gambling advertising controls under parliamentary scrutiny.

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