Labour will not introduce a 10% tax on Premier League transfers, Sir Keir Starmer has said after reports his party was considering the move.
The shadow culture and sport secretary, Thangam Debbonaire, sparked reports Labour could introduce the transfer levy on Monday when she said she would “look at everything” proposed in the recent fan-led review of football governance.
But on Tuesday morning, Starmer killed off the idea, telling LBC’s Nick Ferrari it was “not part of our plans for football governance”. Asked about introducing the levy, the Labour leader said: “Let me just kill it dead, we’re not looking at that.”
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