Robertson: Elite sport faces the consequences of £50m funding shortfall

Hugh comments on the elite sport funding package announced today.

Commenting on the funding changes made by UK Sport today to reflect the £50 million shortfall in funding promised to Elite Sport by the Government in 2006, Shadow Sports Minister, Hugh Robertson said:

“Today we have seen the consequences of the Government’s failure to fulfil its promise to raise £100m from the private sector for Elite sport. This will mean the end of many individual Olympic ambitions. But this whole sorry saga could easily have been avoided if the Government had not diverted lottery money away from sport, been more honest about the small print of the announcement, or got on with raising sponsorship in 2006 rather than dithering and allowing the recession to take hold.”