Governing bodies braced for grassroots funding cuts from Sport England
All major sports likely to face impact of spending reviewFA, RFU and ECB left in little doubt about challenges English sport’s governing bodies are braced for central government funding cuts after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, made her spring statement. In a joint conference call last month hosted by Sport England, the non-departmental public body responsible for allocating grassroots funding, representatives of the major sports formed the impression they were unlikely to be spared the im