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 <br>[sports betting](https://groups.chat/read-blog/10930_things-you-need-to-know-about-rafting-adventures.html) Minister Tracey Crouch resigns over 'delay' to [wagering](https://olps.co.za/wiki/User:CorinaPrisco30) crackdown<br>
 <br>1 November 2018<br>
 <br>[sports betting](https://bbarlock.com/index.php/User:MelanieLent63) minister Tracey Crouch has resigned over "hold-ups" to a crackdown on maximum stakes for fixed-odds wagering makers.<br>
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 <br>Ms Crouch stated pressing back the date was "unjustifiable" and it could cost the lives of issue gamblers.<br>
 <br>She tweeted: "Politicians come and go however principles remain with us permanently."<br>
 <br>Prime Minister Theresa May said she was dissatisfied Ms Crouch had [resigned](http://ringturbine.com80/index.php/User:PKKTerry41329) however there had been "no hold-up in bringing forward this important step".<br>
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 <br>The [government](https://dreamtvhd.com/read-blog/5_for-sports-gambling-to-be-legalised.html) has actually denied Labour declares that MPs had actually been led to think the cut would come into force at the start of the next tax year, in April 2019. They suggested the cut had been intended to be introduced in April 2020.<br>
 <br>But in her resignation letter, Ms Crouch said: "Unfortunately, implementation of these modifications are now being delayed up until October 2019 due to dedications made by others to those with signed up interests.<br>
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 <br>"From the time of the statement to decrease stakes and its execution, over ₤ 1.6 bn will be lost on these machines.<br>
 <br>"In addition, 2 people will unfortunately take their lives every day due to gambling-related issues and, for that factor as much as any other, I think this delay is unjustifiable."<br>
 <br>She included: "It is a fact of federal government that ministers should follow collective duty and can not disagree with policy, not to mention when it is policy made against your wishes associating with your own portfolio."<br>
 <br>'God bless'<br>
 <br>Among those [praising](http://ringturbine.com80/index.php/User:DelorisRountree) her on social media, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby tweeted, external that she was "principled and bold" adding: "May God bless her commitment to doing right."<br>[bit.ly](https://bit.ly/Bet9jaPromotionCodeYOHAIG)
 <br>Former foreign secretary [Boris Johnson](https://oninabresources.com/the-ins-and-outs-of-betting-on-the-nfl-draft/) tweeted, external that she "deserves big credit not simply for her project however for sticking up for her principles".<br>
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 <br>In her reaction to Ms Crouch, the PM stated the government had listened to those who desired the modifications to come into [result faster](https://social.stssconstruction.com/read-blog/20793_things-you-need-to-know-about-rafting-adventures.html) than April 2020 and "had actually agreed that the modifications ought to be in place within the year - by October 2019".<br>
 <br>In his Budget on Monday, the chancellor said the change to fixed-odds stakes would come into force next October at the same time as modifications to duty charged on gambling companies based abroad however running in the UK.<br>
 <br>The government says co-ordinating the date of the two modifications would mean the federal government would not be hit by a fall in tax earnings.<br>
 <br>Who is Tracey Crouch?<br>
 <br>The 43-year-old MP has actually represented Chatham and Aylesford, in Kent, since 2010<br>
 <br>She was promoted to the front bench as [sports betting](http://kitsap.whigdev.com/read-blog/3058_how-to-play-bet9ja-online.html) minister in 2015<br>
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 <br>She had worked for numerous Tory MPs, including Michael Howard and David Davis before standing for election<br>
 <br>She had her first child in 2016 and is believed to have actually been the very first Tory minister to take maternity leave<br>
 <br>But in the Commons on Thursday, Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson accused the government of "capitulating to the [sports betting](https://drapia.org/11-WIKI/index.php/User:RodneyBody936) market".<br>
 <br>He applauded Ms [Crouch's](https://pumasunamfansclub.com/read-blog/7185_things-you-need-to-know-about-rafting-adventures.html) "courageous and principled choice" and stated Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright "should be completely ashamed" of prioritising "corporate interests over victims, revenues over public health and greed over good".<br>
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 <br>He informed the BBC: "There are a lot of people whose lives have been damaged by this addiction ... We need to do this extremely rapidly, as rapidly as we can and in the meantime, the gaming market will make about ₤ 1bn as an outcome of this delay. That's wrong."<br>
 <br>Labour has actually [informed](https://infinirealm.com/read-blog/8237_things-you-need-to-know-about-rafting-adventures.html) the BBC that they will put down a change to the Finance Bill to try and bring in the changes next April.<br>[bit.ly](https://bit.ly/Bet9jaPromotionCodeYOHAIG)