Plans to ban gambling firms sponsoring football shirts in disarray after Tory rift

Ban and polluter pays' levy on gambling firms could still happen, government sources say

Ministers' plans for reforming Britain's gambling laws were in disarray on Wednesday as a rift emerged at the top of the Conservative party over whether to ban football shirt sponsorship and impose a levy to fund addiction services.

Multiple sources said the process of putting the finishing touches to a white paper on gambling reform had driven a wedge between departments and senior MPs, with the publication deadline just weeks away.