Councils to get more powers to stop vape and betting shops, PM announces
Raids involving police, HMRC, Trading Standards and Immigration Enforcement have since taken place across the country.Additional reporting by Richard Wheeler Related topicsVapingUK High StreetsGambling
- ▪Raids involving police, HMRC, Trading Standards and Immigration Enforcement have since taken place across the country.Additional reporting by Richard Wheeler Related topicsVapingUK High StreetsGambling
2 outlets in our directory ran this story. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Burnham to give councils more powers to block vape and betting shops — The Guardian — UK
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Councils to get more powers to stop vape and betting shops, PM announcesByEd Thomas, UK editor, Rebecca Wearn and Patrick ClahanePublished6 minutes agoNew vape shops will require planning permission and councils will get more powers to stop betting shops, under government plans aimed at improving high streets.Prime Minister Andy Burnham said town centres had been "hollowed out" by decades of decline and "for many people, the high streets they grew up with have become unrecognisable".BBC News has exposed organised crime on high streets across the country, revealing shops selling illegal cigarettes and vapes, selling cannabis and cocaine, enabling illegal working and suspected money-laundering.The Conservatives and Reform said the proposals would lead to "more empty" shops, without tax…
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