Sports minister denies £300m survival package bias towards Tory heartlands
Rugby union receives lion’s share of £300m rescue packageBailout loans and grants plan for 11 sports in England unveiledThe sports minister, Nigel Huddleston, has insisted emergency funds for spectator sports have not been targeted at Conservative heartlands, after rugby union received the lion’s share of a £300m pot.The government’s Sport Winter Survival Package will deliver financial support to 11 different sports, mostly as loans, with the aim of supporting them through the current period where revenue has dried up because of an absence of paying fans. Continue reading...
- Rugby union receives lion’s share of £300m rescue package
- Bailout loans and grants plan for 11 sports in England unveiled
The sports minister, Nigel Huddleston, has insisted emergency funds for spectator sports have not been targeted at Conservative heartlands, after rugby union received the lion’s share of a £300m pot.
The government’s Sport Winter Survival Package will deliver financial support to 11 different sports, mostly as loans, with the aim of supporting them through the current period where revenue has dried up because of an absence of paying fans.
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