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Sport Betting Levy amongst 'Innovative' Labour Sport Plans
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Sport sports betting levy among 'innovative' Labour sport prepares

24 July 2014

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

Relocate 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 stopped working to materialise after London 2012.

And she stated "strong government leadership" was required to accomplish it.
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Ms Harman will also think about bring back a requirement that school pupils do a minimum of 2 hours of sport a week, which was removed by the as part of education reforms.
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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 last year - and Labour is thinking about extending the levy to cover all sports betting and include bets placed online.
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While the Premier League also introduced a voluntary 5% levy on tv earnings for the grassroots game, the party believes the manner in which sum is computed suggests it is often less that it could be.
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The assessment is looking at increasing openness into how amounts are computed and exploring procedures that would push the country's richest football clubs into effectively fulfilling their promise.

The plans being considered likewise consist of:

New targets for female involvement in sport

Increasing the variety 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 ago, but instead of seeing increased participation things have actually got worse, especially amongst youths, as an outcome of the government axing school sports betting collaborations."

She included: "Our assessment takes a look at a variety of ideas which intend to increase investment in community and grassroots sports betting by quarreling the Premier League and sports betting companies, restoring 2 hours of sport at schools a week and encouraging more people to participate - women in addition to young boys.

"We need strong federal government leadership to create a long-lasting innovative prepare for sport and that is what this assessment looks for to do."
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Clive Efford, Labour's shadow sport minister, added: "If we are going to get more people active then we need to empower individuals who do most of the work in our communities to have more influence over how we prepare, arrange and provide sport and physical education at regional level."

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