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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Athena Stavrou

Galleries warn they will be ‘crippled’ by new policy which allows people to visit for free

Britain’s leading heritage organisations have urged to government to close a “loophole” in new consumer rights legislation, warning it could “cripple them”. - (Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

Britain’s leading heritage organisations have urged the government to close a “loophole” in new consumer rights legislation, warning it could “cripple them”.

Heads of organisations including the National Trust, Tate, Historic Royal Palaces and Victoria & Albert Museum wrote to the government to highlight how the new rules could allow people to abuse their membership schemes.

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