On Sunday the BBC’s Politics Show raised the issue of the unfair tax regime bingo is facing, along with interviews with Edward Timpson MP, who has been extremely supportive of the bingo industry, and Ian Burke. Thanks to Gill and her team at Mecca Crewe for facilitating the filming at short notice.
Telegraph & Argus. May 14th, 2009
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Wirral Globe. May 8th, 2009
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Lancashire Evening Post. May 11th 2009
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This is Exeter. May 14th, 2009
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Crewe and Nantwich Guardian. May 18th, 2009
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It is not too late for the regulatory landscape to change so that bingo can flourish once more.
We are asking MPs to sign the ‘bingo bond’ to show their support for the bingo industry and call for a fairer taxation regime.
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Angela Eagle MP is the minister responsible for increasing bingo duty to 22%. This is the same minister who has claimed back expenses on personal tax advice and who, according to the Daily Telegraph has repeatedly lied to Parliament about bingo tax.
She should resign and let someone with honesty and integrity review the Labour Party’s discrimination against bingo.