iGaming Business – UK shadow planning minister Roberta Blackman-Woods has criticised the government for a change in legislation that she claims could lead to a further rise in the number of high-street bookmakers. Blackman-Woods said that the UK had already witnessed a 3% rise in betting shops over the past 12 months. “While many of us have been arguing for greater powers to assist local communities in shaping their areas, the government has been busy giving away the powers that do exist to provide for that,” Blackman-Woods said. “The government’s approach is entirely the wrong one and profoundly anti-localist. It…