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Nandy 'appalled' by Badenoch's football views

EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Lisa Nandy, a woman with long dark hair and wearing a white blouse and a navy coat. The entrance to Downing Street is in soft focus behind her and she's got a red folder tucked under arm.EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
Lisa Nandy criticised Kemi Badenoch's comments about plans to introduce a football regulator

The culture secretary has said she was "appalled" by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch saying the planned new football regulator would be "a waste of money".

Lisa Nandy was told by Labour MP for Earley and Woodley Yuan Yang about the importance of establishing a regulator to secure the future of clubs, such as Reading FC, in a debate in the House of Commons.

Nandy said she would Yang in "the good fight for football fans", adding: "Like her, I was appalled by the comments of the leader of the opposition."

Badenoch previously said she had spoken to people in the industry who "don't think it's going to work", adding: "So why are we doing it":[]}