Premier League clubs should be hit with a windfall tax if they continue to cut pay of non-playing staff while maintaining the huge salaries of their players, according to a senior politician.
Julian Knight MP, who is committee chair of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, has urged the British government to act over what he calls a "two-tier system".
The tax would allow the Treasury to recover a portion of money paid to players in order to reimburse staff placed on furlough leave by clubs.
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In a letter to Premier League CEO Richard Masters, Knight says: "I am writing to express my strong dismay at the decision of certain clubs to furlough non-playing staff while continuing to pay players.