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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Sophie Wingate

Starmer expresses regret for signing off football watchdog appointment

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has expressed his “sincere regret” to his ethics adviser over signing off the appointment of Labour donor David Kogan as chairman of England’s football regulator.

The Prime Minister on Wednesday said he made an “unfortunate error” in confirming he was content with the appointment despite recusing himself from decisions relating to the Football Governance Bill because of his interest in the sport.

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