1 Sport Betting Levy amongst 'Innovative' Labour Sport Plans
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Sport wagering levy amongst 'innovative' Labour sport plans
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24 July 2014

A sports betting levy to assist fund neighborhood centers and deal with gambling addiction is amongst proposals by Labour in a "long-lasting innovative prepare for sport".

Relocate to press Premier League clubs to contribute more to grassroots football are likewise being thought about.

Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman stated the Olympic "tradition" of increased participation had actually stopped working to materialise after London 2012.

And she said "strong government leadership" was needed to attain it.

Ms Harman will likewise consider bring back a requirement that school pupils do a minimum of two hours of sport a week, which was gotten rid of by the coalition as part of education reforms.

Pressure on clubs

The proposals belong to Labour's More Sport for All consultation.

At present, wagering firms deal with a levy on horseracing earnings - which raised ₤ 82m in 2015 - and Labour is thinking about extending the levy to cover all sports betting and consist of bets positioned online.

While the Premier League also introduced a voluntary 5% levy on television earnings for the grassroots video game, the party believes the way that amount is computed indicates it is frequently less that it might be.

The consultation is taking a look at increasing openness into how sums are computed and exploring steps that would pressure the country's richest football clubs into appropriately meeting their promise.

The plans being considered also include:

New targets for female involvement in sport

Increasing the variety of ladies on the boards of sporting organisations

Ms Harman said: "We were all proud to host the Olympics and Paralympic Games in London two years back, but instead of seeing increased participation things have actually got worse, particularly among youths, as an outcome of the federal government axing school sports betting partnerships."

She included: "Our assessment looks at a variety of concepts which intend to increase investment in community and grassroots sports betting by getting difficult with the Premier League and wagering business, restoring two hours of sport at schools a week and motivating more individuals to participate - girls in addition to young boys.

"We require strong management to produce a long-term innovative strategy for sport and that is what this consultation seeks to do."

Clive Efford, Labour's shadow sport minister, included: "If we are going to get more people active then we need to empower the individuals who do many of the work in our communities to have more impact over how we prepare, arrange and provide sport and physical education at regional level."

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