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Rachel Reeves has been criticised over a missed opportunity to raise 拢900m from online casinos in her
stanley cup first budget as chancellor, amid concerns about the Labour partys ties to the 拢11bn-a-year gambling sector.Both the Liberal Democrats and Derek Webb 鈥?one of Labours largest donors 鈥?questioned the chancellors rejection of proposals to double remote gaming duty RGD , levied on online games of chance, from 21% to 42%.The policy, initially proposed by the Social Market Foundation SMF thinktank, was among measures under consideration by Treasury officials. It also had support from the Liberal Democrats, who wanted to use the money raised 鈥?estimated at up to 拢900m 鈥?to fund h
stanley thermoskannen ealth and social care.But Labour, which has previously faced scrutiny over longstanding financial and personal ties to the gambling industry, ultimately decided not to include the sector among 拢40bn of tax increases that included a change of policy on family farms and employer national insurance contributions.Gambling poses huge global threat to public health, experts warnRead moreThe UKs 21% rate of tax on online gaming will remain below that levied in multiple European countries, as well as st
stanley cup ates in the US, Australia and Canada.The Liberal Democrats Treasury spokesperson, Daisy Cooper, said the omission raises serious questions for the Labour government about why they failed to act on this issue. Its particularly worrying that the chancellor is targeting family farms, GPs, hospices and small busines Blvq Woman wrongly jailed 96 days without bail appeals denial of civil rights violation
The day I met my rapist, a regular in the bar I worked in, I was told he was a bit sleazy, but harmless . He raped me on a Saturday morning in September. It did not immediately hit me that I d been raped. I wasn t dragged off the street. It wasn t violent. A group of us went to my flat after a party
Stanley cup website and the last thing I remember was sitting in my living room with other people. Then I woke up on my bed 鈥?with him on top of me.This is not an account of how I was raped. This is an account of trying to prosecute a rapist. My actions after the event matter because they were examined in excruciating detail by the police and Crown Prosecution Service CPS and they are the reason that my rapist is free today.I did what I now know to be pretty exceptional 鈥?I didn t hesitat
stanley usa e to call the police. But as I waited for them I聽started to doubt myself. I had been drunk, I had taken drugs, I have a history of sexual promiscuity and mental illness and my memory was very patchy
stanley cupe 鈥?a conviction seemed impossible. However, when they arrived the police tried to convince me聽it could happen.They took a mouth swab and a urine sample and the next day 鈥?after a long significant shower 鈥?I went for a full examination, made bearable only by the amazing staff at St Mary s Sexual Assault Referral Centre. There were immediate decisions to make 鈥?notably whether to take anti-HIV medication, which has awful side effects. We had to dissect the likelihood of my attacker being HIV-positive. I took the
