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Music and sport fans will no longer be ripped off on the ticket resale market thanks to new measures making it illegal to resell tickets for live events above original cost
New rules to make it illegal to resell tickets for live events above original cost
A new cap on the price of resold tickets for concerts, live sport and other events are among measures that have been announced by the government today.
Analytical note setting out the Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) methodology for estimating the impact of new rules to ban ticket touting.
Gig-goers have been urged to be wary of scams when purchasing last-minute tickets on social media after £1.6 million was lost to ticket fraud in 2024.
Fans will have accurate information about the benefits of different types of tickets and more information about pricing before and during sales.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
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