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Labour backbench MPs push for tough, wholesale changes to gambling regulation

The Guardian - Media · Rob Davies · last updated

Large and growing group fear ministers may pull their punches when drafting new legislation to appease donors

The embattled Labour leadership is facing a challenge from backbench MPs pushing for wholesale reform of gambling regulation, putting Keir Starmer on a potential collision course with some of the party’s largest donors.

The Guardian understands that a large and growing group of backbenchers are concerned that ministers may pull punches on further regulation of the UK’s betting and gaming sector, which took a record £11.5bn from punters last year.

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