Lisa Nandy apologises for breaking rules on football regulator

The culture secretary has apologised for breaking rules by failing to declare she had received donations from the man she picked to be England's new football regulator.

On Thursday, the commissioner for public appointments published a report which found that David Kogan had made two separate donations of £1,450 to Lisa Nandy, when she was running to be Labour leader in 2020.

Speaking to the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Nandy said: "We didn't meet the highest standards - that is on me."

The Conservatives have said Nandy's actions were "a serious breach of public trust" and called for a further investigation into Sir Keir Starmer, who also received donations from Mr Kogan.

Mr Kogan, a sports rights executive, was initially longlisted for the football regulator role under the previous Conservative government.

Nandy became involved in the process after Labour won the 2024 general election and she took on the role of culture secretary.

In April, she announced that Mr Kogan would be her preferred pick to fill the vacancy.

However, a month later she removed herself from the appointment process after Mr Kogan revealed to a parliamentary committee that he had donated "very small sums" to Nandy in 2020.