Safe standing at football: government to review all-seat policy

• Sports minister responds to growing public enthusiasm
• Tracey Crouch to address Westminster debate on 25 June

The government is poised to make its most significant shift towards allowing safe standing at football matches by commissioning a review of the policy which demands all-seat stadiums.

The sports minister, Tracey Crouch, had previously been unmoved by calls to overturn the ban on standing which was introduced following the Hillsborough disaster and has been in place for more than 20 years. Crouch was criticised in some quarters for the government’s decision to reject an application by West Brom to introduce a safe standing section.

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