PM Hits out at Fifa's World Cup Private Investment Plan

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"Prime Minister Andy Burnham has criticised Fifa after the football body confirmed plans to set up a private company to run the World Cup and its other tournaments.

Fifa President Gianni Infantino is seeking to create a $20bn (about £14.93 bn) company which would run the global tournament with private investors, including the Kushner family, who have links to US President Donald Trump.

The company, named Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE), would lead to a significant increase in football development funding to national associations and bring the total spending on development to more than £10bn (£7.5bn) in the next four years, Fifa has claimed.

Thrive Eternal, a company launched in April by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, would lead the proposed investor group for FFE if the proposal is given the green light."