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Dan Carden MP argues that strong equine welfare standards are key to protecting horseracing’s future, highlighting reforms, safety improvements and the Grand National’s enduring cultural and economic importance
The power of Labour in local government brought us a successful Commonwealth Games for the UK – a fact often not celebrated enough by ourselves and something the Tories want to overlook. Because of Labour in Brum, we welcomed visitors from…
The British public supports football fans having greater control over how their clubs are run through a number of bold reforms, exclusive polling conducted by Savanta ComRes for LabourList can reveal. The research shows 43% of British…
The failed move by six of England’s biggest clubs to form part of a 'European super league' last week saw football supporters up and down the country treated with utter contempt. It rightly prompted a huge backlash that united the whole…
What a day. From BBC breakfast in the morning, being pressed on the proposed new football 'super league' and whether it could be stopped at all, to Newsnight at 11pm, by which time the whole thing had collapsed. The past 24 hours have been…
Legislate to block English clubs joining the 'European super league', Keir Starmer has told the government amid the fury sparked by proposals for the new elite football body. "I’m really detecting now a willingness among politicians to…
Labour has demanded that the government answer three key questions on the situation for sports and exercise ahead of the newly announced national lockdown that is set to come into force in England on Thursday. Shadow sports minister Alison…
Faced with tens of thousands of deaths and the trauma inflicted on our health and care workers, like many of us I have found it hard to care about sport. So when Dominic Rabb said he wanted to "lift the spirits of the nation" with the…
The class divide in our country rears its ugly head in all fields and professions, whether in media, law, banking, the civil service or indeed amongst contenders for the office of Prime Minister. It is sometimes argued that the class divide…
The idea of selling Wembley Stadium, one of Britain’s great national assets, for what appears to be a relatively short-term injection of cash into the sport has been met with deafening silence. The stadium is a national asset and we should…
Football must play its part if Britain is to tackle the "hidden epidemic" of gambling addiction, Tom Watson said today as he called for an end to shirt sponsorship by betting companies. Labour's deputy leader spoke out as he published…
Tessa Jowell has slammed the government for failing to build on the London Olympic Games to encourage children to play sport. Jowell is one of five people in the running to be Labour' candidate for London Mayor. 10 years after London won…
