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Sport sports betting levy amongst 'innovative' Labour sport prepares

24 July 2014

A sports betting levy to help fund community facilities and deal with gambling dependency is amongst propositions by Labour in a "long-lasting ingenious strategy 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 actually failed to materialise after London 2012.

And she said "strong federal government management" was required to attain it.

Ms Harman will also consider restoring a requirement that school students do a minimum of 2 hours of sport a week, which was eliminated by the coalition as part of education reforms.

Pressure on clubs

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

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

While the Premier League also presented a voluntary 5% levy on television incomes for the grassroots game, the celebration believes the manner in which amount is determined indicates it is typically less that it could be.

The consultation is looking at increasing openness into how amounts are computed and checking out measures that would push the country's richest football clubs into correctly fulfilling their guarantee.

The strategies being thought about also include:

New targets for female participation in sport

Increasing the number of females on the boards of sporting organisations

Ms Harman stated: "We were all proud to host the Olympics and Paralympic Games in London two years earlier, but rather of seeing increased involvement things have become worse, especially amongst young individuals, as a result of the federal government axing school sports betting partnerships."
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She included: "Our consultation looks at a variety of concepts which aim to increase financial investment in community and grassroots sports betting by quarreling the Premier League and sports betting business, reviving 2 hours of sport at schools a week and encouraging more people to participate - ladies as well as boys.

"We require strong federal government management to create a long-term innovative strategy for sport and that is what this assessment seeks to do."

Clive Efford, Labour's shadow sport minister, added: "If we are going to get more individuals active then we need to the individuals who do the majority of the work in our communities to have more influence over how we prepare, arrange and provide sport and athletics at regional level."

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