Lisa Nandy removes herself from final decision on leader of football regulator

Nandy said her decision was designed to ‘avoid the perception of any bias or lack of independence from government’. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Lisa Nandy has removed herself from the final decision over who will lead the new football regulator, after it emerged the preferred candidate had donated to the culture secretary’s Labour leadership campaign.

David Kogan, a media executive who was nominated by the government as chair of the independent football regulator earlier this year, revealed last month that he had given money to Nandy during her bid to succeed Jeremy Corbyn in 2020.