Restrictions on the location of casinos in the UK should be lifted, it has been claimed.

A group representing the UK casino industry will give evidence to MPs on Tuesday.

The National Casino Industry Forum is to call for the present law, which designates which areas in the UK casinos are permitted to be run, to be reformed. This, chairman Malcolm Moss said, will drive further economic growth, create jobs and generate new tax revenues.

"If the Chancellor wants to boost growth, we are ready to invest in sensible modest reforms of casinos,” he told The Independent. “These businesses can be part of the growth agenda, domestically and through the tourist market."