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Sports minister Nigel Huddleston has insisted emergency funds for spectator sports have not been targeted at Conservative heartlands, after rugby union received the lion’s share of a £300m pot.
The government’s “Sport Winter Survival Package” will deliver financial support to 11 different sports, mostly as loans, with the aim of supporting them through the current period where revenue has dried up due to an absence of paying fans.
Written by Paul MacInnes
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/19/rugby-union-biggest-winner-in-sports-300m-winter-survival-package under the title “
Rugby union biggest winner in sport’s £300m ‘winter survival package’
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