MPs demand ‘forensic’ look at Labour’s plans to protect football pyramid in light of Premier League hospitality
Starmer said his use of a hospitality box at Arsenal’s stadium would save the taxpayer ‘a fortune’ on security.Starmer said his use of a hospitality box at Arsenal’s stadium would save the taxpayer ‘a fortune’ on security.Keir Starmer is facing questions about whether his £35,000 of free tickets from football clubs risks a conflict of interest as his government prepares to bring in a new regulator opposed by the industry.
“Now I’m prime minister, the security advice is that I can’t go to the stands. Or if I did, you’d have to do so much to the security and it would cost the taxpayer a fortune as a result,” he told ITV London. Starmer has strongly supported the plans for an independent regulator despite warnings from Uefa that government interference in football could see England banned from European competitions.
“Everything the government does must not only be clear and transparent, but it must be seen to be clear and transparent,” she said. “Introducing a regulator and many of the recommendations of the fan-led review of football were driven by the need to protect the football pyramid and make sure the ecosystem that feeds those Premier League teams is working in a fair way that spreads the money and opportunity.
Starmer has also accepted free football tickets from businesses such as Tees Engineering and the construction firm Mulalley and Co – a company that was subject to an adverse £8m judgment to compensate for unsafe cladding after the Grenfell Tower disaster.MP and a councillor in the Grenfell area, said Starmer’s decision to accept the tickets was “an insult” and it was not credible to say that going to football matches was part of his job.
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