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Bathgate and Linlithgow MP Kirsteen Sullivan has welcomed the announcement from the UK Government on plans to make it illegal for tickets to concerts, theatre, comedy, sport and other live events to be resold for more than their original cost. ‌

The pledge delivers on Labour’s manifesto promise to stand up for consumers. Ticket touting has become increasingly sophisticated in recent years. ‌

Touts buy large volumes of tickets online, often using automated bots, before relisting them on resale platforms at hugely inflated prices. This has caused misery for millions of fans and damaged the live events industry. ‌

Kirsteen said: “As a member of the Ticket Abuse APPG, I strongly welcome the Government’s decisive action to ban ticket touting. READ MORE : Robertson Homes

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