BRITISH racing is set to go on strike for the first time EVER next month.
September 10 events at Carlisle, Uttoxeter, Kempton and Lingfield Park are all set to be scrapped.
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The Treasury have proposed to up taxes paid by bookies on racing profits from 15 to 21 per cent – in line with online casinos.
According to The Times, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) have organised the strike, which could cost the industry around £700,000, in opposition to the proposal.
New analysis by the BHA claims that the proposed change would cost the sector £66million every year and put up to 2,752 people out of a job
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