A Fundamental Shift: what removing ‘aim to permit’ could mean for UK betting shops

Gareth, how significant would it be to remove the ‘aim to permit’ principle from the Gambling Act 2005? It would be a fundamental change. The ‘aim to permit’ principle was introduced by the Labour government as part of the Gambling Act 2005 and was intended to liberalise a system that had become very cumbersome under …