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Flutter Cuts 1,400 Jobs at Paddy Power Over UK Gambling Tax

The betting group blames the reduction of its UK and Irish workforce on higher taxes levied against the industry in last year's Budget.

3 publishers · 3 articles · first seen 20 Oct 2026 · updated 57m ago

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First reported by BBC Business, 26 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first

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3 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 20 Oct 2026. BBC Business published first, on 20 October at 12:26 UTC; News Feed followed 27 min later. The most recent article, from The Guardian, appeared on 20 October at 14:24 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: News Feed (major outlet), The Guardian (major outlet), BBC Business.

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  1. Paddy Power owner blames tax rises for plan to shed up to 1,400 jobs The Guardian ·
  2. Flutter to cut more than 1,000 jobs after UK gambling tax raid News Feed ·
  3. Paddy Power cuts 1,400 jobs and blames betting tax rises BBC Business

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