England’s participation in the Champions League is at risk if Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer moves ahead with plans for an independent football regulator, according to a warning from Uefa, the

The Times and the BBC have obtained a letter to Culture Minister Lisa Nandy in which UEFA's general secretary, Theodore Theodoridis, makes it clear that there should be no 'government interference in the running of football' and that the ultimate sanction is, in principle, that England may be excluded for all UEFA tournaments.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government was talking to UEFA over its concerns about Britain's proposals for a men's football regulator but he was confident the plans were within its rules and would not risk England's exclusion from Euro 2028.

Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed a Uefa warning that England could be thrown out of their own European Championship over the Government’s new football regulator.

Keir Starmer said he was confident the Three Lions wouldn't be excluded from the 2028 tournament the UK is co-hosting after reports UEFA was worried about 'government interference' in football

Sir Keir Starmer has said plans for an independent football regulator will not see England banned from Euro 2028, despite the body warning it could breach rules on government interference in the game.

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has expressed strong concern over the British government's plans to create an institution overseeing the finances of English football clubs. In the context of the threat of exclusion from competitions,

A bill to establish a body to oversee the top five tiers of the men's game in England was reintroduced in July.