Wetherspoons denies FT profit calculations – but do pubs risk being dragged into wider gambling clampdown?

UK pubs, and specifically Tim Martin’s popular pub chain JD Wetherspoon, have surprisingly been pulled into the growing debate around gaming machines fuelled by Andy Burnham’s new economic vision for the country. The issue stumbled its way into the spotlight after Wetherspoons – a British high street staple – hit out …