Southwark Councillor Rowenna Davis (who has written for LC occasionally) has launched a campaign that says betting shops are blighting local high streets across Britain. She wants councils to be given more power to stop them from springing up everywhere. She has a point, and I support the campaign - not just because I abhor betting shops.

In tomorrow nights State of the Union Address what overused and tired cliche' will Barack Obama use first? As an alternative to playing the much loved Barack's Bullshit Bingo game that was created to help you get through an Obama speech, try your hand instead at guessing the first cliche'-type phrase that the President will utter during what promises to be a cliche'-laden prese...

‘Significant numbers’ of Greek bonds may have migrated from financial institutions participating in the voluntary Private Sector Initiative (PSI) to others betting that the country will default, throwing the negotiations into peril, a senior economist has warned EurActiv. More »

Republican frontrunner’s chances of winning South Carolina primary are almost 80 per cent, say betting websites that are rarely wrong

You've heard of the Intrade Prediction Market; Introducing the Irish betting site Paddy Power! What do people around the rest of the world think about who's going to win the New Hampshire Primary, who will be the Republican nominee for president and who will win the 2012 presidential election? Then again does it really matter because U.S. citizens can't legally bet there and the Iri...

Welcome to the latest in our occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. Today it is a study into how good, or not, the betting markets are at predicting the results of elections. A few years ago, when spread betting on election results first became popular, there was a brief period when the state

Back in September, Rick Perry was the betting favourite to win both the Iowa caucus and the Republican nomination. Instead, he scored just 10 per cent of the vote last night, leaving him down in fifth place. This disappointing result may well be the final nail in the coffin of Perry's campaign, and last night he certainly sounded like a candidate at the end of the line: 'With the voters&...

Schoolchildren as young as 12 should learn about "responsible betting" to tackle problem gambling, the Government has been told.

Harriet Harman MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and MP for Camberwell and Peckham, today publishes a report on the damaging effect of betting shops on high streets and communities in low-income areas across the UK. She calls on the Government to take action.

Councils must have the power to ban clusters of betting shops from "blighting" traditional British high streets, local authority leaders urged last night.