LONDON :No horse racing will take place in Britain on September 10 as jockeys, trainers and racecourses stage their first strike, protesting a government plan to raise taxes on remote bets. The stoppage marks the first time the sport has voluntarily halted racing in its history.

WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSING?

Britain's Treasury is consulting on proposals to harmonise three separate remote betting duties, a move that could lift the tax on horse racing wagers from 15 per cent to 21 per cent — in line with online casinos.

Finance minister Rachel Reeves needs to raise tens of billions of pounds in extra tax revenue in her second annual budget on November 26 but Labour pledged not to raise the main rates of the government's biggest sources of revenue - income tax, national insurance contr

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