UK Sport has been given a 29% increase in funding in the government’s autumn Spending Review.

The agency, which looks after Britain’s elite Olympic and Paralympic athletes, was fearing a cut to its budget.

However, together with National Lottery funding, its income should now reach around £148m in the years building up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The government says it is committed to building “on the success of Olympic and Paralympic games at London 2012”.

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