'Stop feeding the beast' - warning for gambling minister over industry's most strident opponents
Gambling minister Baroness Fiona Twycross has her feet under the table at the Department for Culture and Sport now, so she will be well aware of the issues which come with the brief.
The minister gave a short speech to the Betting and Gaming Council annual meeting in London last week which, while hardly a state of the union address, did contain some nuggets of information. However, a seemingly innocuous comment landed her in hot water in some quarters.
"You will know that the government is focused on economic growth," the minister told the meeting. "I believe that a growing gambling sector is compatible with creating an even safer one."
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