Ticket Touts Rejoice! DiS & Which? React to The King's Speech
"Disappointing" is the word of the week in the UK music biz, after the UK government seem to have kicked the can down the road on tackling ticket touts aka "secondary ticketing".
Why? The King's Speech happened yesterday. The Keir Starmer's Labour government promised to end ticket touting. And yet...
What we got was a draft bill. Buried on page 64 of a supplementary document. Not in the speech itself. Not legislation. Not a law. A draft, which means more consultations, an uncertain timeline, and the door left open for the secondary ticketing platforms to shape whatever comes next.
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