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The football regulator under Labour
The Guardian
|October 25, 2024
A rebooted governance bill has returned to parliament, relaunched by the new government. Paul MacInnes looks at what it means for the Premier League and EFL
So the regulator lives again?
Well, it never really died, it was just resting. The football governance bill has returned to parliament this week, relaunched and rebooted by the Labour government. It is largely the same as the bill that the Conservatives spent a lot of time working up, only to have to abandon it halfway through the process because their prime minister called a general election.
What is this regulator regulating?
Men's football in England or, to be more specific, the top five tiers of men's competition - from Premier League to National League. It has three main goals: to "protect and promote the financial soundness of regulated clubs"; "protect and promote the financial resilience of English football"; and "safeguard the heritage of English football". There are other drivers too, but we'll get to them in a minute.
So what is new about Labour's bill?
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