Rob Burrow says the Government has "blood on its hands" over the delay in delivering on a promise to provide £50million towards efforts to find a cure for motor neurone disease. The former Leeds and Great Britain player, 39, has become a leading light in the campaign to raise awareness of MND, having been diagnosed with the terminal illness in December 2019.
The Government pledged last November to invest £50m into MND research as part of a £375m investment into neurodegenerative disease research but, eight months on, scientists have yet to see the money, leaving Burrow frustrated and angry.
"I have 100 things to say to this Government but I will keep it to one," Burrow told the PA news agency. "People with MND don't have the luxury of time to wait. It is as if there is no rush to give our scientific researchers the opportunity to join the race to find an effective treatment while six people die each day from motor neurone disease.
