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Tory MPs wrote ‘sponsored content’ praising betting and gambling firms
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Tory MPs have been writing “sponsored content” online for the Betting and Gaming Council, a lobbying group campaigning for the gambling industry.
They include Jack Brereton, MP for Stoke-on-Trent South and a government aide who wrote an article published on the ConservativeHome website on Monday urging ministers to make sure the gambling review does “nothing to put the industry’s competitiveness at risk”.
It describes Bet365, a gambling company, in glowing terms and praises the “huge economic contribution that the betting giant makes to our constituencies” including “high-skilled, good quality jobs” and charity donations.
“It should also not be forgotten that Bet365 and its founders are the highest taxpayers in the UK, paying some £614.6m to
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