Baroness Twycross, UK minister for gambling, told the Gambling Reform Summit on Wednesday that she was determined to support the sector’s continued growth while improving consumer protection measures within its gambling reforms.
Attendees and speakers pushed back against her speech, insisting the sector’s growth directly conflicted with efforts to reduce gambling harms. Peers for Gambling Reform hosted the event with Lord Foster of Bath chairing.
Reform campaigners and charities, gambling harm researchers and people with lived experience made up most of the audience.
In her speech, which opened the conference on Wednesday, Twycross said her biggest challenge when making policy decisions was striking “the right balance between” opposing views on gambling reform and ensuring the UK sector is supported.
