VE Day: Council duties under the Armed Forces Covenant
As we mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Geoff Wild, Legal & Governance Consultant, looks at the duties of councils under the Armed Forces Covenant.
Gambling laws ‘desperately out of date’, councillors say
03/04/2025 Local authorities and mayors have urged the Government to grant them more powers to tackle gambling in their local areas. |
Health chiefs back call for more gambling restrictions
21/12/2023 Local health chiefs have backed a call from MPs urging the Government to do more to minimise children’s exposure to gambling advertising. |
Gambling reforms ‘vague’, public health directors say
27/04/2023 The Government’s gambling reforms are ‘vague’ and ‘disappointing’, according to the representative body for directors of public health. |
Council chiefs call for powers to crackdown on gambling
21/02/2022 Local authority leaders have called on the Government to toughen up regulations on the gambling industry to help protect vulnerable people. |
Problem gambling costs society £1.27 billion a year, review finds
01/10/2021 Gambling-related harms costs society at least £1.27bn a year, a review by Public Health England has found. |
Poorest areas have most gambling premises, study finds
23/08/2021 The UK's most deprived communities have the highest number of gambling outlets, a new study has revealed. |
Review of gambling laws should take ‘public health approach’ says alliance
08/12/2020 A ‘public health approach’ should be at the heart of the review of gambling laws, an alliance has urged today. |
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Alliance calls to extend gambling harm protections after lockdown
02/06/2020 Measures to protect people from gambling harm should be extended beyond the lockdown, the Gambling Health Alliance (GHA) has said. |
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Whitehall urged to change gambling laws to apply to online games
22/10/2019 A new report has called on the Government to tighten gambling laws to help protect children from spending hundreds of pounds while playing online games. |
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Number of young people gambling is ‘emerging’ public health risk
16/10/2019 A new study has found an increasing number of young people are experimenting with gambling, making them more likely to be problem gamblers later in life. |
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Tackling youth gambling
11/09/2019 Ian Butler explains why local government needs a range of interventions and resources to combat gambling for young people. |
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Service launched to help 55,000 children who are addicted to gambling
24/06/2019 The NHS has announced the launch of the health service’s first young people’s gambling addiction service to help tackle the ‘scourge’ of problem gambling. |
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Commission launches strategy to reduce ‘gambling harms’
26/04/2019 The commission dedicated to tackling the harmful impacts of gambling has launched a new three-year strategy designed to reduce ‘gambling harms’. |
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Number of child gamblers increases in past year
21/11/2018 Parents, businesses and regulators should work together to protect children and young people from the risks of gambling, according to the official watchdog. |
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Council chiefs blast Treasury decision to delay gambling reform
02/11/2018 Local government leaders have said the decision to delay a planned reduction in the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals is ‘extremely concerning.’ |
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Don’t delay betting machine reform, councils warn
09/07/2018 Council chiefs have called on the Government to resist pressure from the betting industry to delay reform of the laws governing gambling machines. |
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Council chiefs warn Treasury against ‘blocking’ plans to fight gambling addiction
24/04/2018 Local authority leaders have warned the Treasury not to ‘block’ plans to reduce the maximum stakes offered by betting machines, arguing it will ‘hinder’ efforts to tackle problem gambling. |
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Council chiefs call for crack down on gambling machine stakes
19/03/2018 Local authority leaders welcome recommendations to reduce the maximum stakes of gambling machines but argue they should be lowered to just £2. |
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Councils welcome tougher standards on gambling advertising
15/02/2018 Town hall chiefs have welcomed tougher standards on gambling advertising aimed at reducing harm. |
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Think tank calls for 1% levy on gambling industry to help treat addictions
24/01/2018 Funding to help problem gamblers is three times less than funding to treat alcohol or drug abuse, a think tank has highlighted. |
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Councils welcome plans to reduce maximum stakes on gambling machines
31/10/2017 Councils leaders have called for the maximum stakes on gambling machines to be reduced to £2 to protect vulnerable people from harm. |
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Surge in gambling advertising putting young people at risk, warns councils
02/10/2017 Council leaders have called for greater restrictions on gambling advertising to protect young people from potential harm. |
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Bookmakers: a boost for the high street
22/09/2017 High streets risk losing another full rate paying high street retailer as betting shops come under pressure. |
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High stakes of fixed odds betting terminals must be reduced, MPs say
31/01/2017 Councils have welcomed recommendations that the maximum stakes of fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) are dramatically reduced and powers granted to councils to regulate the gambling machines. |
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Problem gambling costing the UK up to £1.2bn a year finds report
13/12/2016 Local and central government must do more to cope with problem gambling, think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research has demanded. |
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Betting review ‘significant step in right direction’, councils say
25/10/2016 Council leaders have welcomed a Government review of restrictions on gaming machines as 'a significant step in the right direction.' |
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Councils need powers to reject betting shop applications, LGA says
25/07/2016 Local authority leaders have demanded extra powers after new research showed a link between clusters of high street betting shops and problem gambling. |
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Councils call for limit on fixed odd betting machines
26/04/2016 Town hall chiefs are calling on the Government to reduce the maximum stakes on fixed odd betting machines, warning that gamblers can lose up to £18,000 an hour. |
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Councils back new regulations to reduce gambling harm
06/04/2016 Gambling operators will need to produce risk assessments to show how they are reducing harm in their local areas under new regulations that came into effect from today. |
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Council considers launching online lottery
25/02/2016 Amber Valley Council is considering setting up the UK’s first borough-wide lottery to help fund good causes in the borough. |
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Councils tackle gambling-related harm with ‘cutting edge’ research
15/02/2016 Two local authorities have become the first in the UK to map people at risk of gambling-related harm in their communities. |
