Labour’s Watson urges mandatory levy on gambling firms

Britain’s five biggest gambling firms have agreed to increase the voluntary levy they pay from 0.1% of annual UK revenue to 1% over next five years. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PALabour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has called for a mandatory levy on gambling firms to fix the “broken” industry.Noting that some companies donated “frankly insulting” amounts of money to fund addiction treatment, Watson said the current voluntary system needed to be replaced.&ldquo