\n Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy announced the government has commissioned UK Sport to carry out a strategic assessment to evaluate whether the UK could host the Games in the 2040s.\n<\/p>\n
\n The study will consider key factors including estimated costs, socioeconomic benefits and the likelihood of a successful bid.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Nandy said: “London 2012 showed what the Olympics can do for our country.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It inspired a generation through sport, attracted huge investment and showed the best of Britain to the world.\n<\/p>\n
\n “But while the North of England has driven so much sporting excellence, no matter the talent we produce, the sporting moments we create and the world-class events we attract – for too long we have been told the Olympics is simply too big and too important to be hosted in the North.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Not any more.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It\u2019s time the Olympics came North and we showed what we can offer to the world.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I couldn\u2019t be more pleased to announce that we\u2019re starting the firing gun on a long overdue vote of confidence in the North.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The government has described major sporting events and sporting facilities as playing a key role in driving economic growth, regeneration, improving pride in place, and bolstering the UK’s global appeal.\n<\/p>\n
\n Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said: “Britain\u2019s sporting prowess is recognised and respected around the world.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It\u2019s something we are determined to capitalise on to breathe life into our communities and build a stronger and more secure economy.\n<\/p>\n
\n “That\u2019s why we\u2019re throwing our full support behind bringing the Games back home which will boost our Northern Growth Corridor.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Alongside the Olympic study, a package of measures was announced to harness sport for local regeneration.\n<\/p>\n
\n This includes a Stadium Regeneration Accelerator, which will support cities and towns with priority sports infrastructure projects that deliver wider benefits.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n While the government will not directly fund stadium upgrades, it will work with clubs and leagues to unlock opportunities for housing, jobs, transport and community sport facilities.\n<\/p>\n
\n Planned projects include proposals in Greater Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool, and London.\n<\/p>\n
\n A new Sporting Events Bill will also make it easier to bid for, secure, and deliver major sporting events\u2014making unauthorised ticket resale for designated events a criminal offence.\n<\/p>\n
\n The government is also backing bids to host the 2029 World Athletics and Para-Athletics Championships and the 2035 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup.\n<\/p>\n
\n More than \u00a3500 million has been invested in major sporting events, with at least \u00a3400 million being invested in community facilities across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy announced the government has commissioned UK Sport to carry out a strategic assessment to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":965527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-965526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}