West Ham chief snubbed over ‘alarming’ football regulator letter demand The Government has rejected calls from West Ham chief Karren Brady to publish a letter from Uefa which warns that domestic clubs and the England team could be banned from the Champions League and Euros over interference from the incoming football regulator. Speaking in the House of Lords, Conservative peer Baroness Brady described the correspondence [...]
Fans being left in dark over football regulator’s powers, peers warn Sport Business A House of Lords committee has criticised the Football Governance Bill for failing to define which leagues the incoming football regulator will have power over. The bill, which had its second reading in the Lords this month, says only that the watchdog will be tasked with overseeing “English football”, meaning that ministers will have to [...]
Football regulator delay fears after Lords ask for 158 changes to bill Sport Business The prevaricating is also likely to mean hard-up clubs below the Premier League enduring a longer wait for an increase in financial distributions from the top flight.
Tories concerned about overreach in new Labour Football Governance Bill November 13, 2024 The Conservatives issued a caution against potential overreach of the Independent Football Regulator on Wednesday as the Football Governance Bill returned to Westminster. Initially introduced into the House of Commons by the Tories, the second reading of an altered bill was introduced in the Lords on Wednesday by the Labour government. But in the opposition’s [...]
Government bows to Uefa pressure over Football Regulator foreign policy veto October 23, 2024 The requirement for the incoming Football Regulator to consider government foreign policy in club takeovers has been dropped from the new Football Governance Bill, which will be reintroduced to Westminster today. The Bill, formulated under the previous government but not ratified in time for the election, will enter the House of Lords today in a [...]
‘Win or lose you should behave the same’ – Tanni Grey-Thompson on going from the Paralympics to parliament October 15, 2024 Sport and politics are really similar, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson tells Michael Hayman in an interview for City AM “The moments I’ve got to bring about change could be few and far between… make the most of the time you have.” A message about the urgency of political transformation. Words that any new government should heed [...]
The real fiscal ‘black hole’ is government debt September 11, 2024 When one of the most senior figures in investment banking was asked at a private event last week what keeps him awake at night, he replied “government debt”. A recent House of Lords report will not help him sleep any easier. The Economics Affairs Committee has warned of the “grim reality” that at £2.74 trillion [...]
Government faces ‘grim reality’ on national debt, peers warn September 10, 2024 "If we wish to improve the level of and quality of services, and continue the current provision of benefits, taxes will need to rise. The alternative is that the state does less," the report said.
‘You’re fired’: The Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar accused of treating Parliament with contempt September 5, 2024 Lord Alan Sugar, the star of BBC One hit The Apprentice, has been accused of treating Parliament with “contempt”. The business tycoon was told “You’re fired” in a row over his long-running failure to take part in proceedings in the House of Lords. Lord Sugar was given a dose of his own boardroom medicine after [...]
Westminster is broken – literally July 30, 2024 Welcome to parliament new MPs – now please vote to kick yourselves out so the building can be restored, before it’s too late, writes Emma Revell Labour are making a lot of noise about the mess they’ve inherited from the Tories. But there’s one issue that’s messier than almost any other, and where tough decisions [...]