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The Government’s independent ethics adviser must investigate whether Sir Keir Starmer risked a conflict of interest when the new football watchdog’s chairman was chosen, the Conservatives have said.

The Tories have written to Sir Laurie Magnus, the ethics adviser, calling for the Prime Minister to face further scrutiny over donations he received from David Kogan , who was named as the Government’s preferred candidate to chair the Independent Football Regulator in April.

The new watchdog is aimed at promoting financial sustainability of clubs across the so-called foo

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