The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is facing increased pressure from the London Assembly Health Committee to fulfill his 2021 election manifesto pledge by banning gambling advertisements on the Transport for London (TfL) network as of 2024-03-15. Despite his previous commitment, no such ban has been implemented to date. This call to action is part of a broader concern about the harms of gambling, highlighted in a new cross-party report.
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Sadiq Khan has been urged by the London Assembly Health Committee to honour his 2021 manifesto pledge to ban gambling advertising on the Tube and other TfL services. https://t.co/EVywvgpbqT
Sadiq Khan under pressure to ban gambling ads on Tube https://t.co/5YuJtmfgcy
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has been urged to honour his pledge to ban gambling adverts from the TfL network. He promised the ban in his 2021 election manifesto, but no such measure has yet been introduced. In a new cross-party report on the harms of gambling from https://t.co/UdQ4FBP0BB
London Assembly Health Committee urges mayor to ban gambling ads on TfL https://t.co/OggxHCPRmg https://t.co/XhfCVBLiB3