MONEY TROUBLES

ALAN WHITE

IT’S AN IRONY THAT IN THE LAST Conservative government’s dog days, a party that had recently been led by a prime minister who claimed to be its most free marketeer leader in recent times (if only for 44 days) found itself in a row about its decision to heavily regulate a globally market-leading product; one responsible for nearly 100,000 jobs and something close to £4bn in tax revenues. We are talking, of course, about the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) proposed by the football governance bill; the plans for which are — at the time of writing — on ice as we wait to see whether Labour will redraft the bill. The IFR’s gestation has not been the quickest: it dates back to a 2021 fan-led review, chaired by the former…

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