Rachel Reeves due to appear at gambling lobbyist’s event amid tax review | Lobbying

Chancellor Rachel Reeves, while in the midst of the examination of taxes in the sector of 12 billion pounds, was called to cancel the planning as a guest of honor at an event hosted by the head lobby of the gambling industry.

Reeves also includes a “special reception için for business leaders organized by the corporate communication company Brunswick at the Future Labor Party conference in Liverpool.

According to an invitation by Guardian, the event will be held by Michael Dugher, President of the Betting and Game Council (BGC), who participated in Brunswick as a part -time “senior consultant” last year.

Dugher, a former Labor Party deputy who resigned as Jeremy Corbyn’s party leader, has been a career as a fake and sometimes controversial champion of England’s gambling industry since then.

Recently, BGC told its members, including online casinos and bookmakers, about the efforts of the Treasury from their plans to increase taxes in the sector to finance public finance.

Reeves, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, including the calls to bring tasks on the agenda of the online gambling, gambling companies can save billions of pounds.

Reeves and Dugher have a long political and personal friendship that has been going on for your youth.

However, MPs and a parliamentary standards campaignists said that the chancellor should refuse the invitation by questioning “very strange timing”.

Former conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith said that the decision has raised real questions about the chancellor’s judgment and impartiality, especially when it is widely known both from the last hospitality and the donation from the sector ”.

In 2023, Reeves accepted three tickets for a 330 £ musical with the permission of the BGC, and donated £ 20,000 from gambling managers while Labour opposition.

Liberal Democrats Treasury Spokesman Daisy Cooper deputy, “Chancellor should be seen in this event long and hard to think about whether to appear,” he said.

“Online gambling is one of the places he wants to earn income for our public services. If he cannot do so in the budget, he will have serious questions to answer whether such events never affect him.

“To show that it cares more about taxpayers than large gambling companies, the chancellor should undertake to collect taxes in online gambling in front of the budget.”

Brunswick said Dugher’s role in the gambling industry was “completely separate ından from his work for the public relations company.

The debate on whether or not to increase taxes on gambling puts Dugher at the center of a war tugboat among the leading labor figures with long -standing ties.

Dugher was previously a Brown -specific consultant and called on online gambling taxes to rise up to £ 3 billion to help to end the benefit limit with two children.

However, Dugher has a long -standing relationship with Reeves, whom the BGC claims to be “contact önce in the earlier this year during the tax campaign, which includes hosting a dart -themed event with a paddy -powered Flutter.

Reeves said he did not hold an official meeting with the BGC at that time and would never discuss tax changes.

Couple Friendship goes back to your youthThey once shared a parliamentary office in Westminster.

Reeves will come together again for the Brunswick event on September 28th, as Reeves announced the second budget as a chancellor, and that new taxes in online casinos may arise.

“Very strange timing for such an incident, Tom Tom Brake, a former liberal democratic deputy and a lock -opening democracy director, a campaign group that develops parliamentary standards, said.

He added that Reeves should “politely reject the invitation ve and that there is something that can be evaluated by the Ethical and Integrity Commission, a new standard organ, due to the establishment of its acceptance next month.

Brunswick has been hosting a reception that allows high -level business leaders to interact with a series of ministers and deputies at the Labor Party conference.

“Michael will host Brunswick’s part -time senior advisor and his work with us. Brunswick’s public relations team will host the event with partners.”

Guardian approached the chancellor for a comment.