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Written Question
Gambling: Taxation
Monday 2nd June 2025

Asked by: Tony Vaughan (Labour - Folkestone and Hythe)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the level of taxation on online gambling.

Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Government is currently consulting on proposals to simplify the gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling into one.