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Liz Truss can be ‘saviour of football’ if independent regulator is approved – Fair Game

by
Nick Powell
6 September 2022

Incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss can be “the saviour of football” by ensuring legislation is passed to create an independent regulator for the English game, according to campaign group Fair Game.
Truss officially becomes Prime Minister on Tuesday and, while solving the country’s energy crisis is the most pressing item in a heaving in-tray, observers from the world of football will be looking for her Government to press ahead with plans which would revolutionise how the game is run.
Last year the Government commissioned Conservative MP and former Sports Minister Tracey Crouch to chair a fan-le...

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