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Govt climb-down over FOBT stake reduction delay
Today the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced that the stake cut on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) would now happen by April 2019.
Govt U-turn on FOBTs leaves out NI
Today the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced that the stake cut on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) would now happen by April 2019.
Welsh Govt consultation on providing abortion for NI women branded a complete sham
Public policy charity CARE (Christian Action Research and Education) - which works in both Wales and Northern Ireland - today slammed the Welsh Government’s public consultation on offering Northern Ireland women abortions as a complete sham, after i
Govt facing potential defeat over FOBT stake cut delay
The Government is facing a bruising defeat in the House of Commons next week after Labour MPs, SNPs MPs, Conservative rebels and the DUP signed up to force the Government to accelerate a planned cut to the maximum stake on FOBTs.
Damning Report shows DFID programmes favoured abortion over maternal health
In August the Prime Minister announced the Government will be increasing its funding for ‘family planning services’ in Africa and Asia, pledging £200 million to the Department for International Development (DFID) for the creation of the Women’s Integ
FOBT stake cut delay informed by discredited report
The controversial decision to delay implementing the planned reduction in the maximum stake on FOBTs was influenced by a widely discredited report, according to a story in the Guardian today.
