you re watching bbc news and we are talking about a tax on gambling firms and new overspending alerts, affordability checks, for the gambling industry to regulate. this is bbc news. i want to pick up on a couple of points with you here. will, i know that a new charity, if you can still hear me, will, you come across a lot of personal stories every day. and of personal stories every day. and of course there was for the first time in the uk an investigation into the links between gambling and suicide. why do you think you haven t seen stronger action in the wake of that review? i m stunned we haven t seen stronger action in the wake of that review. the simple answer is that the gambling industry is very powerful and have been lobbying the government to stop them from taking action, and we saw that a couple of
look at research on how gambling affects children and can take any necessary measures in due course. studio: there is a cultural secretary outlining the shake up of uk gambling laws, bringing forward her plans, outlining her plans, with not a huge amount of detail, it must be said, at this stage on this tax on gambling firms. the other crucial thing was the states online on slot machines. going to a consultation she said. finally, overspending alerts, affordability checks, if you like come on people checking how much is lost in a day or over a period of time, and that alerting the betting companies. ok. so we will be getting some analysis from that story in a second. but at the moment we have some breaking news to bring you.