Monday briefing: UK minister breached rules over appointment of new Football Regulator chair

Lisa Nandy, the UK Government’s Secretary for Culture, Media, and Sport, has been found to have breached public appointment rules, over the selection of David Kogan as the first chair of the new Independent Football Regulator (IFR).

Last week, the UK’s commissioner for public appointments, Sir William Shawcross, revealed that Nandy had received two separate donations of £1,450 from Kogan during her campaign to become leader of the Labour Party in 2020. Nandy failed to declare these when