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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

Main proposals of fan-led review of English football backed by government

Tracey Crouch
Former sport minister Tracey Crouch led a major review that proposed the creation of an independent regulator and greater powers for fans. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

The government will seek to implement all 10 of the key recommendations of the fan-led review into English football, setting up the possibility of a sea change in the governance of the national sport.

Five months after a landmark report led by Conservative MP Tracey Crouch called for the creation of an independent regulator for the game, alongside greater powers for supporters and an improved “owners and director’s test” for those seeking to control local clubs, sport minister Nigel Huddleston will tell parliament on Monday that the government endorses the ideas. A white paper bringing forward legislation will be published in the summer.

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