Sports minister resigns over delay to gambling curb
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By Rob Davies
Sports minister Tracey Crouch has resigned in protest at the Government’s ‘unjustifiable’ refusal to speed up plans to curb controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs).
Crouch, who launched the review that concluded that FOBT stakes should be slashed from £100 to £2, quit after the chancellor revealed in this week’s budget that the change would not take effect until October next year. The Conservative MP had lobbied hard for the cut to be implemented as soon as possible, in April 2019.
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