Not laid back about leisure

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Not laid back about leisure

Slough BC is investing more than £58m in its new leisure strategy. Cllr Sohail Munawar explains the motivations behind the policy and the wider role sport and physical activity has to play in urban renewal.

By Sohail Munawar | 20 September 2017

Britain continues to lag behind its European neighbours in health and wellbeing.

Some 26% of adults in England are obese according to official figures, with low rates of physical activity among the population one of the prime causes.

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