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Sport wagering levy among 'innovative' Labour sport plans
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24 July 2014
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A wagering levy to assist fund community centers and treat sports betting dependency is amongst propositions by Labour in a "long-lasting innovative prepare for sport".
Transfer to push Premier League clubs to contribute more to grassroots football are also being considered.
secretary Harriet Harman said the Olympic "legacy" of increased involvement had actually stopped working to materialise after London 2012.
And she said "strong federal government management" was required to attain it.
Ms Harman will likewise think about bring back a requirement that school students do a minimum of two hours of sport a week, which was gotten rid of by the union as part of education reforms.
Pressure on clubs
The proposals belong to Labour's More Sport for All consultation.
At present, wagering firms face a levy on horseracing profits - which raised ₤ 82m in 2015 - and Labour is considering extending the levy to cover all sports betting and include bets put online.
While the Premier League also presented a voluntary 5% levy on tv revenues for the grassroots game, the party believes the manner in which sum is computed means it is typically less that it could be.
The consultation is looking at increasing openness into how sums are calculated and checking out steps that would pressure the nation's richest football clubs into effectively fulfilling their pledge.
The strategies being thought about also consist of:
New targets for female involvement 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 back, however rather of seeing increased participation things have actually got even worse, especially among young individuals, as an outcome of the government axing school sports betting collaborations."
She included: "Our assessment looks at a number of ideas which aim to increase investment in community and grassroots sports betting by quarreling the Premier League and sports betting business, restoring 2 hours of sport at schools a week and motivating more individuals to participate - women in addition to boys.
"We require strong federal government leadership to produce a long-term ingenious prepare for sport which 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 have to empower the individuals who do the majority of the work in our communities to have more influence over how we plan, arrange and provide sport and physical education at local level."
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