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Gambling - Gambling Commission publishes secondary analysis of participation data
The Commission has published analysis of trends in gambling behaviour for 2008-2014. The findings include: There has been a significant increase in remote gambling participation, gambling participation amongst those from the AB (1) social...
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Psychoactive Substances Bill
We previously reported on the Government's temporary ban on five legal highs here. In the Queen's Speech 2015, the Government has confirmed its intention to introduce the Psychoactive Substances Bill in order to make it an offence to produce, sup...
Misplaced your licence?
Previously if any of your licences had been lost or stolen you would have to get a 'lost property number' from the police before you could get a replacement from the Council. This applies to your personal licence, premises licence or club premises...
Tobacco plain packaging - mega claim beckons!
The Scotsman is today reporting that tobacco ‘giant’ Philip Morris is to launch a colossal compensation case in history against the UK and Scottish Governments over the decision to impose plain packaging on cigarettes. Legal papers ar...
Key issues facing the House of Commons over the course of the 2015 Parliament
With the new Parliament now sitting, the House of Commons library has published a book highlighting the key issues facing the House of Commons over the course of the 2015 Parliament The full report of all the key issues can be found here. Separat...
Institute of Economic Affairs report on impact of Licensing Act 2003
A new IEA paper - just released - looks at the impact of Licensing Act over the last 10 years. According to the report, the relaxation of licensing laws ten years ago benefited consumers and did not result in the disastrous outcomes predicted at ...
Scotland - 'New NHS post to help communities in fight against liquor licences'
Herald Scotland is today reporting that Scotland's largest health board is ‘to create a second post in less than a year dedicated to increasing the number of objections to alcohol licences and curtail the sale of drink'. The report goes on ...