AnnieAshton2705

Fabian Society Health and Care Mission Summit | Fabian Society Fabian Society

We're sponsoring a session on gambling and public health at @thefabians.bsky.social Health and Care Mission Summit.

Gambling harm must be understood first as a health harm. Fantastic that this will be discussed today with @annieashton2705.bsky.social

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Betting giants spared regulatory action after secret deals with watchdog Controversial ‘special measures’ regime under fire after failures were not made public

Our client Annie Ashton calls for the Gambling Commission to publish the number and names of firms it has put into special measures, and the revenues surrendered:

“This information should be public knowledge and it should be scrutinised.” ⁦

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Betting giants spared regulatory action after secret deals with watchdog Controversial ‘special measures’ regime under fire after failures were not made public

“The whole situation with Luke was completely avoidable... You start to see these errors allowing for deaths to occur and lessons are not being learned at all” – @annieashton2705.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Betting giants spared regulatory action after secret deals with watchdog Controversial ‘special measures’ regime under fire after failures were not made public

The secrecy of special measures that allows operators, like Betfair, to avoid regulatory action is completely inadequate and allows for deaths to occur. I have now launched a judical review claim to challange the GC's decision not to investigate Betfair.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘Unwilling’ coroners failed us, say families of gambling addicts who took their own lives Bereaved relatives claim betting industry is not being held to account, report reveals

The coroners' system in England and Wales is outdated and has failed to properly investigate gambling-related suicides for many families. Reforms are desperately needed.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

New Zealand has become one of the first countries in the world to announce an outright ban on Greyhound racing, citing the injuries and deaths of racing dogs. Do you think it’s time for the UK to do the same?

Hazard coraz poważniejszym problemem dla zdrowia publicznego. Najbardziej zagrożone są dzieci Z badania Komisji Zdrowia Publicznego „Lancet” ds. hazardu wynika, że na całym świecie stanowi on większe zagrożenie dla zdrowia publicznego, niż do tej pory sądzono. Jego szybki rozwój za pośrednictw...

The international interest in the expansion of gambling continues. This is for any Polish speakers out there…
biznes.newseria.pl/news/hazard-...

(Interview is in English though…)

@thelancet.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social

Will the real gambling lobby please stand up? "Safer Gambling Week? No, Save Our Gambling Week!"

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Food industry has infiltrated UK children’s education: stealth marketing exposed BMJ investigation reveals widespread influence of food and drink brands in schools and nurseries—through breakfast clubs, nutrition guidance, and healthy eating campaigns. Experts say the tactics requ...

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children’s education:

stealth marketing exposed

The Betting and Gaming Council simply chooses not to use recent official statistics because they show gambling harm to be more than 6 times higher than the old stat they use – one rule for them, another for everyone else?

@privateeyenews.bsky.social

He was called Frazor and was known by quite a few people. Nice chap! Really sad.

In Leicester this week, a man's body was found in a tent in an Asda carpark. A man failed by the system who did not deserve to die. In other news, the necessary royal banquet looked fancy. 👌

Lindsay Hoyle must apologise for opening Betfred HQ, gambling reform campaigners say Decision brings Commons speaker’s role into disrepute, says Will Prochaska

EXC - Gambling reform campaigners have called on Sir Lindsay Hoyle to apologise after the Speaker went to officially open the new Betfred HQ

The HQ is not in his constituency and now bears a plaque marking his opening and using his Commons title

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

AFSG's Response to the Government's Statutory Levy Announcement afsg.org/2024/12/02/a... via
@afsguk.bsky.social

Nourishing Britain: a political manual for improving the nation’s health Henry Dimbleby and Dr Dolly van Tulleken draw on interviews with former prime ministers and other key figures to offer practical advice and insights on how today’s politicians can tackle the UK’s obes...

www.nesta.org.uk/report/nouri...

A Political Manual for Improving the Nation’s Health

Obviously applies to food. Equally applies to so many other things

Full of wisdom and practical advice

excellent from @henrydimbleby.bsky.social and @dollyvantulleken.bsky.social

BC[.]GAME is gone in the United Kingdom. Will Leicester FC players still wear jerseys bearing their name this weekend?

Well this is embarrassing for @LCFC. Shocked that they lord this awful sponsor on their kit? Nope! They have profitted from dark money 💰 and have no qualms about taking it from the darkest areas of the gambling industry. The senior team have awful morals and are ruining the club.

Statutory levy and online slot stake limits to be introduced to tackle gambling harm Government to bring forward statutory levy on gambling operators to generate £100 million for the research, prevention and treatment of gambling harms

'The government has taken its first steps towards strengthening gambling harm legislation today'

Long awaited, a step in the right direction. Well done to all who have campaigned for this
Next: Prevention
Ban gambling advertising inc incentives
Investigate every suicide
www.gov.uk/government/n...

Finally! Great news 👏

It's time to end this cruel "sport" once and for all.

@thegreenparty.bsky.social are working towards a total ban on greyhound racing and we'll continue to amplify that call.

So @LCFC's front of shirt crypto/gambling sponser 'BC. game' has gone bankrupt. 🙄👌
www.lcfc.com/news/4172754...

Widow of gambling addict lambasts watchdog’s failure to investigate suicides Exclusive: Annie Ashton, whose husband killed himself, says more people will die because of Gambling Commission inaction

People's lives are more important than the gambling industry's profits.

Once again @annieashton2705.bsky.social reminds of this simple fact.

It's about time somebody at the Gambling Commission and in Government listened to her.

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Widow of gambling addict lambasts watchdog’s failure to investigate suicides Exclusive: Annie Ashton, whose husband killed himself, says more people will die because of Gambling Commission inaction

How much worse does it actually have to get before the Gambling Commission switches that switch and investigates?

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Whatever the merits of the reforms to inheritance tax, the government could have avoided this row with farmers (over a policy that will raise £560m) by following the IPPR and SMF’s calls to raise online gambling duty (doubling it would have raised £900m). Why they didn’t do so raises some questions!

Safer gambling week is upon us. Prepare for an onslaught of gambling adverts disguised as promoting 'safer gambling tools', designed to make people believe that if they are addicted to gambling its all their own fault for not using the tools correctly.

The Government claims there's a lack of evidence that gambling advertising leads to harm. 🤔

We asked people impacted by the gambling industry for their view....

Here's a starter for 10 of accounts interested in gambling reform (some tangentially). Will update it as more ppl join.

For now it looks like we've left the gambling industry's trolls in the other place, but if they do pop up just block immediately. It's the bsky way.

go.bsky.app/8PKFFu6

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I've moved to bsky just in time to avoid 'Safer Gambling Week', which is sure to fill up my old timeline in the other place.

No-one needs to be inundated with gambling ads telling us to gamble more followed by gambling companies blaming their victims for not gambling responsibly.