Gordon Brown calls for gambling tax to cut child poverty

Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has repeated his call for higher taxes on gambling to lift half a million children out of poverty.He has backed a think tank report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), saying the move could raise £3.2bn to fund scrapping the two-child limit and benefit cap.Brown, who was also chancellor under Tony Blair, said taxing online casinos and slot machines would…