Gambling in the United Kingdom a licence to sell alcohol to facilitate betting on the premises. Most pubs in the UK have a one-armed bandit of one kind or another, but the prizes are strictly controlled. The law allows larger prizes in private clubs. "Betting duty" at 6.75% was applied to sports bets until 2001 when it was replaced by a 15% tax on gross profits. From 1 December 2014, the Gambling (Licensing & Advertising) Bill will change the taxation of remote gambling from a 'place of supply' basis to a 'point of consumption' basis. The betting industry alone is reported to contribute £6 billion
History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom tax. For the first time in the decade, socialists were able to organise effective opposition, culminating in the "Poll tax riot" on 31 March 1990. Margaret Thatcher's own party compelled her to step down on 22 November that year, and she was replaced by John Major, who abolished the charge in 1991. The CPGB dissolved itself in 1991, although their former newspaper, the "Morning Star", continues to be published and follows the programme of the Communist Party of Britain which was founded in 1988 after an internal crisis in the CPGB led to a split. The Eurocommunists, who had controlled