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Sport sports betting levy among 'ingenious' Labour sport prepares
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24 July 2014

A sports betting levy to assist fund community facilities and deal with sports betting addiction is amongst proposals by Labour in a "long-term ingenious prepare for sport".

Moves to push Premier League clubs to contribute more to grassroots football are also being considered.

Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman said the Olympic "tradition" of increased involvement had failed to materialise after London 2012.

And she stated "strong government leadership" was needed to accomplish it.

Ms Harman will likewise consider bring back a requirement that school pupils do at least 2 hours of sport a week, which was gotten rid of by the coalition as part of education reforms.

Pressure on clubs

The proposals are part of Labour's More Sport for All assessment.

At present, sports betting firms face a levy on horseracing profits - which raised ₤ 82m in 2015 - and Labour is thinking about extending the levy to cover all sports betting and include bets positioned online.

While the Premier League likewise introduced a voluntary 5% levy on tv revenues for the grassroots video game, the celebration believes the manner in which amount is determined indicates it is typically less that it could be.

The consultation is taking a look at increasing openness into how amounts are calculated and checking out measures that would press the nation's wealthiest football clubs into appropriately fulfilling their promise.

The strategies being thought about likewise include:

New targets for female participation in sport

Increasing the variety of females on the boards of sporting organisations

Ms Harman stated: "We were all happy to host the Olympics and Paralympic Games in London 2 years earlier, but instead of seeing increased involvement things have actually got worse, particularly amongst youths, as an outcome of the government axing school sports betting partnerships."

She included: "Our consultation looks at a variety of ideas which intend to boost investment in neighborhood and grassroots sports betting by getting difficult with the Premier League and sports betting companies, restoring 2 hours of sport at schools a week and encouraging more individuals to participate - girls in addition to young boys.

"We need management to produce a long-lasting ingenious prepare for sport which is what this consultation looks for to do."

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

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