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We're coming into the final furlong!

Daily Star

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November 18, 2025

BATTLE TO HALT BET TAX HIKE A WINNER

- JERRY LAWTON Chief Reporter

THE Daily Star's campaign to save horseracing from a betting tax hike is roaring to the winning post, Treasury sources say.

Rachel Reeves is now odds-on to leave the levy on the sport untouched at 15% in next week's Budget, below the hike to 21% that industry chiefs feared.

They warned the move could cost 40,000 jobs.

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