"This is our fifth tournament and we've never had this experience before, " said Kat Byles, a spokeswoman for the Homeless World Cup.

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North Warwickshire MP Dan Byles called the plans "devastating".

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Giving evidence to the Education Committee on 27 July, Tim Byles, from Partnerships for Schools, said the list of schools affected by the decision to cancel BSF should have been double-checked with local authorities by the Department for Education.

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