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13.07.26 - 18:30
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New twist in affordability checks row demands answers from Gambling Commission (The Guardian)
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Culture, media and sport committee questions bear a striking similarity to those racing industry has been askingLast Tuesday's announcement by the Gambling Commission that it planned to introduce “Financial Risk Assessments” – or affordability checks – for gambling customers seemed to mark the end of racing's fierce, five-and-a-half year campaign against the policy, but there has been a further twist to the extended tale after it emerged that the culture, media and sport committee (CMSC) has written to the Commission, requesting answers to a series of questions on the checks by 24 July.The cross-party committee's questions for the regulator bear a striking similarity to many of those that the racing industry has been asking – to little or no avail – since checks were first proposed under the last Conservative government in late 2020. Continue reading......
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13.07.26 - 14:00
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Is Donald Trump winning his war against the media? (The Guardian)
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President and allies have sued, cut access and issued subpoenas, but experts say media still producing strong workDonald Trump has ramped up his attacks on the media to a level without precedent in American history in the first 17 months of his second presidency,But have Trump and his allies won their war against the media – or at least put the industry on a weaker footing than in the past? The answer isn't so straightforward. Continue reading......
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