Kemi Badenoch labels proposed football regulator as ‘waste of money’

BBC SPORT

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says the planned new football regulator will be “a waste of money”.

The Football Governance Bill, which will establish a first independent regulator for the professional men’s game in England, was initially tabled under the former Tory government in March 2024.

It failed to pass through Parliament before the Conservatives were ousted from power by Labour in the general election.

The Football Governance Bill was then reintroduced by the new government in October and is currently making its way through the House of Lords before being debated by MPs in the Commons.

“I think a football regulator is going to be a waste of money,” Badenoch, who has previously opposed the bill, told the Telegraph’s Daily T podcast