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There’s renewed optimism for stability within the UK gambling sector, as the appointment of Stephanie Peacock to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as a step on the path to certainty for the sector moving forward. It also increases the inevitability that she will become the new gambling minister, as the department awaits its brief for the next steps forward for …

Lisa Nandy, MP for Wigan, has been appointed as Secretary of Culture, Media and Sport under the first senior cabinet of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The appointment of a new State Secretary for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) was required following the loss of shadow secretary Thangam Debbonaire’s Bristol West constituency to the Green Party. Nandy …

Yesterday’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) showcased the distinct opinions of key political actors at the centre of delivering the change needed to future-proof UK gambling.  “There is never a dull moment in our industry,” stated BGC CEO Michael Dugher, opening the proceedings of the AGM held at the Institution of Civil Engineers in …