Former Olympics minister Tessa Jowell urges action to halt decline as parents say support in schools has fallen
Former Olympics minister Dame Tessa Jowell has appealed for urgent cross-party talks to halt a decline in school sport, as an Observer investigation suggests the coalition is destroying hopes of a grassroots legacy from London 2012.
Exactly six months on from the start of the Games, an Opinium/Observer poll shows that only 10% of people believe the government has played its part in increasing support for sport in schools and communities in the runup to and since last summer's Olympics.
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