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Labour MP attacks ‘Olympic legacy’
Efford says Cameron wasted ’once in a generation opportunity'

CLIVE EFFORD MP launched an attack on the government yesterday after recent figures showed almost 250,000 people had stopped playing sport over the last six months in England. 

Labour Shadow sports minister hit out at Prime Minister David Cameron for wasting “a once in a generation opportunity to inspire people to get active and play sport.”

A review in government spending is expected in August and the latest figures could spell wide-ranging public-sector cuts. 

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