Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries last night criticised her successor after sources claimed reform to the UK’s gambling industry is being delayed for a fifth time.

Michelle Donelan this week refused to commit to publishing a White Paper on betting laws before Christmas, telling colleagues it ‘needs a lot of work’.

But Mrs Dorries, who oversaw the review until last month, said: ‘The reforms have already been through Cabinet sign-off prior to the new PM taking office. I have no idea what the delay can possibly be. They need to crack on with this stuff.’ 

Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries last night criticised her successor after sources claimed reform to the UK’s gambling industry is being delayed for a fifth time

The changes to gambling laws, first planned for publication in mid-2021, have already been delayed four times

The changes to gambling laws, first planned for publication in mid-2021, have already been delayed four times.

Changes called to include a levy on betting firms to fund research into addiction.

The Daily Mail’s Stop The Gambling Predators campaign calls for curbs on online gambling. 

A source close to Miss Donelan said ‘the expectation [is] it will be published in the coming weeks.’