A new partnership is turning the tide on inactivity by creating a nation of swimmers.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes that despite Brexit dominating Westminster politics, legislation reducing the maximum stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) from £100 to £2 a spin on 1st April 2019 has now completed its passage through parliament.

77 churches and chapels in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are sharing in a £430,000 Christmas grant payout from the National Churches Trust, the charity supporting church buildings of all Christian denominations across the UK.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling writes about changes to FOBT stake levels which will come into force in 2019 and predicts that further reforms to the remote gambling sector might now follow.

Scottish Conservative MP Stephen Kerr writes following his House of Commons Adjournment debate on Community Broadband.

Theresa May has been forced to bring forward a clampdown on fixed odds betting terminals after a major revolt by Tory MPs.

Betting shops will comply with the timing that the Government sets for the £2 stake implementation.

Boris Johnson is set to cause a fresh headache for Theresa May as he joins up to 60 MPs rebelling over delays to a clampdown on gambling machines.

Former Secretary of State for Scotland Alistair Carmichael writes ahead of his House of Commons Adjournment debate on the potential effect of a VAT reduction on the tourism industry.

The Cabinet minister responsible for media and culture has admitted he does not read newspapers or have a paid subscription to any news outlets.

SNP MP Ronnie Cowan calls on former DCMS minister Tracey Crouch to join the APPG on FOBTs and use her knowledge to ensure it holds the government to account on this issue.

Tracey Crouch has resigned as sports minister over the Government's decision to delay a crackdown on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals.

Angry Conservative MPs have hit out at the Government for delaying a major clampdown on Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals.

The Bank of England should grant Mary Seacole the honour of being the first woman of colour to appear on a British bank note, writes Wes Streeting MP.  

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling is calling for swift introduction of changes to stake levels for fixed odds betting terminals announced by the government in May. It states: "The implementation date must be no later than April 2019, and if that’s not announced in either the Budget or imminent legislation, then the government risks losing both a vote in the House of Commons and any moral high ground on gambling reform".

The BBC failed the British people in its refusal to grant equal pay to female employees, a group of MPs have declared.

49 percent of British adults visited a church, chapel of meeting house in the last year, according to an opinion poll carried out by ComRes for the National Churches Trust in September 2018. That is equivalent to around 25 million people.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling calls for the Chancellor to be bold on measures to protect vulnerable gamblers in his upcoming Budget and to announce final plans to reduce stake levels on fixed odds betting terminals, which are now overdue.

The Football Association highlights the power of sport to unite and its ability to bring communities together, ahead of their debate on Monday 1st October at 8.30am in the London Lounge at Conservative Party Conference.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling reacts to policy announcements from Labour including a potential ban on gambling advertisements during live sporting events.

Director of Women’s Football at The Football Association, Baroness Sue Campbell CBE, writes about the FA's desire to shift the balance and make football more inclusive.

MPs who appear on the Moscow-backed Russia Today channel run the risk of “being used as propaganda tools by the Russian state” in the wake of the Salisbury poisoning, Theresa May has said.

Ahead of his question in the House of Lords, the Bishop of St Albans writes about the increasing prevalence of gambling advertising, as reported in the Gambling Commission’s 'Review of online gambling'.

The National Churches Trust has welcomed the launch by The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) of 'Places of Worship: Inspiring Ideas', a new strategic partnership to help secure the future of places of worship.