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6th Special Report - Taxation of gambling: Government Response

Published 22 January 2026

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At a glance

The government's response

This document responds to 14th Report – Taxation of gambling.

This is the government's response, published 22 January 2026.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government's response sets out and defends its Budget 2025 gambling duty changes, which it says it is making to raise over £1 billion per year, and describes them as a "balanced approach".

  • The government says that, like the committee, it recognises that online gambling "has grown rapidly in recent years".
  • The rate for remote gaming will increase from 21% to 40% from 1 April 2026.
  • The rate for remote betting will increase from 15% to 25% from 1 April 2027.
  • There will be "no tax changes for bets on UK horseracing or in person gambling", and Bingo Duty will be abolished from 1 April 2026.

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