A youth football project designed to kick crime into touch will be launched at Madejski Stadium, the Prime Minister has announced. Reading FC is one of five Premiership teams launching the Kickz Programme.

The scheme will offer young people free football, basketball and street dance coaching sessions, as well as DJ workshops. Mr Brown, said: “Football clubs are perfectly placed to offer something to some of the most marginalised members of society. Often these young lads have too much time on their hands which leads to criminality and a culture where they think they won't be caught. We have seen crime rates drop by as much as 27 percent when we hold these sessions because the footballers are too busy coaching youngsters to speed, drink drive, crash their Ferraris into trees and skip drugs tests."