Wednesday briefing: UK culture minister accuses opposition members of trying to ‘kill off’ football regulator bill

Lisa Nandy, the UK secretary of state for culture, media and sport, has accused some members of the Conservative opposition of trying to “kill off” the Football Governance Bill, which is due to introduce an independent regulator for English football.

With the bill still appearing to have cross-party support, it had been expected to sail through the House of Lords, before progressing to the House of Commons, where the Labour government has a huge majority.

However, while that is