Gambling White Paper ‘desperately’ needed, says former Tory leader

Sir Iain Duncan Smith, the vice-chair of a parliamentary body on gambling reform, said he believed the Government was listening.

Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA) (PA Archive)

A long-delayed gambling White Paper is “desperately” needed, a former Conservative leader has said.

Sir Iain Duncan Smith, the vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gambling-Related Harm, said he was optimistic that the Government was now open to tougher reform of the gambling industry.

It comes after the Gambling Commission said that three gambling businesses owned by William Hill will pay a total of £19.2 million for “widespread and alarming” social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures.