David Cameron may be forced to backtrack on ConDem plans to slash school sports funding by £162million amid growing outrage over the cuts.

The Prime Minister has held crisis talks at No 10 with school sports co-ordinators from his own constituency of Witney, Oxon, to brief him about the full impact of the proposed cuts at local level.

He could now be poised to order a U-turn on the decision to axe the money for school sports partnerships.

These partnerships pay co-ordinators to organise clubs, fixtures and competitions.

It follows growing opposition about the proposed cuts from Labour MPs, schools, sports stars and also from within the coalition itself.

Sources said Mr Cameron was not aware “of the full consequences” of the decision and wanted to be brought up to date. He was also said to be “unaware” of it being a major blow to England’s hopes of hosting the 2018 World Cup – a vote on where the tournament will take place is being held on December 2. The Prime Minister’s decision to rethink the huge funding cut is a deep embarrassment to Education Secretary Michael Gove.

Mr Gove – whose mother said he hated sport at school because he wanted to spend his spare time “reading encyclopaedias” – made the decision without consultation.

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