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The WHO's big anti-nicotine bash is over and the delegates have long since taken their first class flights home. So what happened? As usual, not a lot. Very little was agreed, mostly because the FCTC secretariat has become so extreme that it cannot get a consensus. It was hoping for an agreement to get a ban on cigarette filters. That got plenty of sensible opposition to that ma...

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Sky Bet is relocating to Malta where it can enjoy an effective corporation tax rate of around 5 per cent rather than the 25 per cent it is currently paying in Leeds. The move comes after months of lobbying for higher gambling taxes and credible rumours that Rachel Reeves will increase remote gambling duty in next week’s ...

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The WHO’s big biennial tobacco conference kicks off this week in Geneva. A global tobacco conference wouldn’t be a bad idea right now. In a sane world, governments would be getting together to discuss how things are going so badly wrong and how to ...

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Following yesterday's blog post, I bring more news from the dumpster fire of Select Committees. The Treasury Select Committee has published its report on gambling taxes. Its key reco...

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