Games industry supporter Tom Watson appointed Labour Party deputy chair
Tiga calls for studios to pressure their MPs to back petition
Read MP Tom Watson’s foreword in Tiga’s new Investing in the Future report
Calls for government intervention as study predicts a 24% workforce reduction
Lobby group looks to expand; eyes web designers, graphic designers, writers
‘Three or four year hiatus’ before the coalition returns to the issue
But tax breaks are coming, suggests the games evangelist
Forum for games industry discussion in Westminster shuffles upper membership
Partnership ‘will give coherence and strength to the argument’
Popular Facebook group to help lobbying efforts
Trade association promote efforts to ‘champion games industry’ in Realtime Worlds sponsored report
MP Ed Vaizey says shadow chancellor George Osborne is fully backing the industry
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Labour MP Tom Watson convinced of Conservative u-turn
Labour’s industry sympathiser fears internal Tory conflict on the issue
Industry concerned that prior tax relief plans have been overruled
The key three political parties unanimously call for game education progress
Heated debates punctuated with unanimous praise for the industry
Key political parties set for game industry showdown
Key political parties set for game industry showdown
