Landmark UK Football Governance Bill passes House of Lords reading
03/20/2025 06:23 AM
March 20 – The UK's landmark Football Governance Bill has moved a step closer to becoming law after clearing its final hurdle in the House of Lords — but efforts to force a sweeping ban on gambling sponsorship in football have been soundly defeated.
In a lively third reading of the Bill, peers voted overwhelmingly – by 339 to 74 – to reject Liberal Democrat Lord Addington's amendment that would have compelled the soon-to-be-established Independent Football Regulator to block all gambling-related advertising and sponsorship in English football.
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