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UK’s gambling reform group launches inquiry—here’s why esports must be part of it

There are big reasons to include esports and the associated betting sector.

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Labour backbench MPs push for tough, wholesale changes to gambling regulation

Large and growing group fear ministers may pull their punches when drafting new legislation to appease donors

The Guardian - UK

Probe launched after MPs accept cash from Israeli weapons firm

A probe has been launched after a group of MPs accepted donations from an Israeli state-owned weapons firm ...

The National (Scotland)

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How arms firms are buying exclusive access to MPs for as little as £1499

AT WESTMINSTER, arms firms – including those who have sold weapons to Israel – are currently enjoying a lobbying blitz ...

The National (Scotland)

Medicine shortages put patients at risk, MPs and peers warn

The findings also highlight how shortages severely impact patients with conditions like ADHD, menopause and diabetes.

Evening Standard

Persistent and widespread medicine shortages putting patients at risk

The ‘severe, persistent, and disruptive’ shortages often impact patients with ADHD, menopause and diabetes, a new report says

The Independent UK

Children should not be strip-searched or detained unless a last resort, say MPs

Parliamentary reports include harrowing testimonies from children in England and Wales about their treatment

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Why is Islamophobia so hard to define?

The UK government wants a new definition of Islamophobia and has created a working group of politicians, academics and independent experts to provide one. It aims to settle long-running political debates over the term.

The Conversation

Scottish Labour MPs among group accepting cash from Israeli arms firm

Scottish Labour MPs are among a group of parliamentarians who have accepted donations from an Israeli state-owned arms firm

The National (Scotland)

Starmer’s PIP disability cuts could see claimants lose £10,000 a year, MPs warn

More than 100 Labour MPs could vote against Sir Keir Starmer’s welfare cuts

The Independent UK

Hundreds of A&E patients needlessly die every week while waiting for hospital beds

More than 1.7 million patients waited 12 hours or more to be admitted, discharged or transferred from A&E

The Independent UK

320 A&E patients die needlessly every week linked to hospital bed waits – study

Last year, more than 1.7 million patients waited 12 hours or more to be admitted, discharged or transferred from A&E, the RCEM said.

The Independent UK

UK offshore havens miss deadline for transparency plans

British Virgin Islands criticised for launching financial crime-fighting cartoon mascot before new legislation

The Guardian - UK

Jagtar Singh Johal’s family urge faster action from Starmer government after Briton moved to solitary confinement

Family says Johal’s conditions have ‘worsened’ since acquittal last month in one of nine terror cases

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Big tobacco should be forced to pay ‘polluter pays levy’ – MPs

They called for more action to make smoking ‘obsolete’ in 20 years.

The National (Scotland)

Pro-Israel Westminster group refuses to reveal funding

A WESTMINSTER group focused on Israel has refused to reveal how it is funded.

Evening Standard

Cycle to Work scheme should be expanded to include freelancers and pensioners, say MPs

All-party group also calls for action on menace of pavement parking

The Guardian - UK

MPs think they may have been targets of ‘disinformation’ over Bangladesh inquiry

Group received emails about Ahsan Mansur, the central bank official investigating money laundering allegations

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New report calls for return of human remains – but UK museums lack the resources to act

The display of human remains in museums has long been a contentious issue. Last week, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations (APPG-AR) published a report on the African human remains collected by British museums during, and due to, colonialism and the slave trade.

Evening Standard

Thieves who steal from lorries ‘organised crime’, says MP in crackdown call

Labour MP Rachel Taylor called for a new crime code so that police can better track freight crime.

The Guardian - UK

Mental health charities struggling to cope with GP-referral influx

Exclusive: Under-qualified professionals being asked to treat patients in England as NHS leans on third sector

The Independent UK

Britain should resettle at least 5,000 refugees each year, says cross-party group of MPs

Former child refugee Lord Dubs among those calling on government to improve safe and legal routes to come to the UK

The Guardian - UK

Roman Abramovich’s tax affairs must be investigated, MPs say

Cross-party group on tax calls for HMRC to act after Guardian investigation finds former Chelsea owner may owe up to £1bn

The Independent UK

80 homeless children died while living in temporary accommodation last year, new figures show

In the past five years, temporary housing has been listed as a possible factor in the deaths of 74 children

The Guardian - UK

Temporary accommodation possible factor in deaths of 74 children in England

Children from deprived areas overrepresented in figures from all-party parliamentary group

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