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Nicola Jaques, Dominic Harrison and Matt Gaskell, three of Britain’s leading figureheads in gambling harms prevention have been awarded MBEs in the King’s Birthday Honours.  Each recipient has played a distinct role in pushing forward new thinking and structural change in how British authorities view and tackle problem gambling harms. The trios work spans clinical delivery, lived experience advocacy and …

Zoë Osmond, CEO of GambleAware, has hit back at inaccuracies by ministers and public health experts in a sharply worded letter to Layla Moran (Liberal Democrats), Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee. The charity CEO has criticised the Committee for making “unsubstantiated claims” about GambleAware’s record in tackling gambling harms and independence from the gambling sector. Her …

GambleAware has elected Andy Boucher to serve as Chair of Trustees of the UK’s biggest independent charity preventing and researching gambling harms. Boucher has served as a trustee of GambleAware since 2023, advising the charity on how to expand its network of stakeholders across local communities, businesses, and government ranks. The appointment comes following incumbent Professor Sian Griffiths (CBE) announcing …

UK gambling stakeholders have been told to prepare for forthcoming regulatory changes that will take effect in April. The notice comes from DCMS Gambling Minister, Baroness Twycross, in her speech at the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) 2025 AGM. The speech confirmed that UK gambling’s new Statutory Levy for funding problem gambling research, education, and treatment (RET) will be implemented …

GamCare has welcomed the appointment of Victoria Corbishley as Chief Executive of the UK’s frontline provider of treatment support services for gambling harms. An expert in the management of public health services, responsibilities, and the delivery of treatment and care, Corbishley is a former Senior Director of the British Red Cross, where she led the charity’s health and care units. …

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) takes role of RET Levy Prevention Commissioner as system demands a measurable understanding of harms… DCMS has confirmed the appointment of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) to serve in the role of “Prevention Commissioner” of a new structure on gambling harms prevention overseen by the NHS. The appointment was …

UK gambling will move forward to implement new controls, empowering trust and transparency for online consumers, to be applied from 31 October 2025. New controls have been added by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) to the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP), continuing to apply the recommended reforms of the Gambling Review’s White Paper: High stakes: gambling reform for …

UK Gambling has been assured that the adoption of a new Statutory Levy and the application of £2/£5 stake limits will prove effective in reducing problem gambling harms and ensuring Britain has the safest gambling environments. The measures were announced last week by DCMS, applying the White Paper recommendation of online slot stake limits of £5 for those aged over …

UK Gambling will apply the regulatory measures of a statutory levy on funding of research, education, and treatment (RET Levy) of gambling harms and online stake limits as a new player protection. Announced this morning by DCMS, the government has advanced landmark proposals from the Gambling Review’s White Paper to strengthen gambling legislation and improve funding for RET services. DCMS …

UK Gambling has been notified that the government is set to imminently unveil its plans for the framework of the ‘Statutory Levy’ for research, education, and treatment (RET) of gambling harms. As reported by The Guardian, the government is expected to ‘rubber stamp‘ the plans this week, detailing how the levy will operate and collect £100m from UK-licensed betting operators …