Gambling firms are being accused of targeting the UK’s most deprived areas with high street slot machine shops, which can be highly addictive – and local councils have almost no powers to block them.
Senior Labour MP Dawn Butler – along with the 37 council leaders and mayors – is urging the government to reform the Gambling Act 2005 which currently requires local authorities to approve almost all gambling licences.
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