Sport betting levy among 'ingenious' Labour sport plans

24 July 2014

A betting levy to help fund community facilities and treat betting dependency is amongst proposals by Labour in a "long-term innovative prepare for sport".

Transfer to push Premier League clubs to contribute more to grassroots football are likewise being considered.

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

And she stated "strong federal government management" was needed to attain it.

Ms Harman will likewise think about restoring a requirement that school pupils do at least two hours of sport a week, which was removed 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, betting companies face a levy on horseracing earnings - which raised ₤ 82m in 2015 - and Labour is considering extending the yohaig code levy to cover all sports and consist of bets placed online.

While the Premier League also introduced a voluntary 5% levy on tv profits for the grassroots video game, the party believes the manner in which amount is determined indicates it is typically less that it might be.

The consultation is taking a look at increasing transparency into how sums are determined and exploring steps that would push the nation's wealthiest football clubs into appropriately satisfying their promise.

The strategies being considered likewise consist of:

New targets for female involvement in sport

Increasing the number of females on the boards of sporting organisations

Ms Harman said: "We were all happy to host the Olympics and Paralympic Games in London 2 years back, but instead of seeing increased involvement things have worsened, specifically among young individuals, as an outcome of the federal government axing school sports collaborations."

She included: "Our consultation looks at a variety of ideas which aim to improve financial investment in community and grassroots sports by getting difficult with the Premier League and betting business, reviving two hours of sport at schools a week and motivating more people to take part - ladies as well as boys.

"We require strong federal government management to develop a long-lasting innovative prepare for sport which is what this promotion code consultation seeks 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 individuals who do the majority of the work in our communities to have more influence over how we prepare, arrange and deliver sport and physical education at regional level."

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