Government sends message to racing and bookmakers - but it also needs to show it is truly listening
Anyone attending last week's parliamentary reception for British racing in the expectation of major policy announcements would have been left disappointed.
The event, the first put on by the newly reformed All Party Parliamentary Group for racing and bloodstock, attracted a number of politicians, headed by Baroness Fiona Twycross, the minister for both gambling and horseracing.
Her speech contained numerous kind words about British racing's importance both economically and culturally but without anything particularly meaty for those assembled from both the racing and betting industries to get their teeth stuck into.
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