Women's Sport Governing Bodies And Leagues Call For Tax Relief

Governing bodies and leagues person called connected nan UK authorities to present taxation alleviation for nan unrecorded broadcast accumulation of women's sports.

Before Wednesday's Budget, nan Women's Super League, Premier Women's Rugby, Sky and ITV are among those to person signed a missive to Chancellor Rachel Reeves saying "the clip is correct to enactment now".

In nan letter, which is besides signed by nan England and Wales Cricket Board, nan Football Association, Rugby Football Union and England Netball, nan organisations said nan taxation alleviation would "boost participation, create jobs and support growth".

Similar taxation relief, known arsenic an expenditure credit, is already successful spot for immoderate imaginative industries successful nan UK and tin trim a company's corp taxation bill.

In nan letter, which has been seen by BBC Sport, nan organisations opportunity nan taxation alleviation would thief support caller events; summation sum of underrepresented sports; heighten accumulation value of broadcasts and thief create greater visibility for women's sports.

"We judge this projected expenditure in installments would kickstart this decade of alteration and person an contiguous effect successful helping thrust nan visibility of our astonishing sportswomen arsenic good arsenic providing nan foundations for semipermanent maturation crossed women's sports production," nan missive states.

"While broadcasters person accrued finance and invention successful coverage, location remains an underproduction of programming comparative to women's sport's wider economical and societal benefits."