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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies

Ticket touts’ worst nightmare has finally come true in the UK

Thom Yorke of Radiohead holding a guitar and speaking into microphone
Thom Yorke of Radiohead, one of those who last week urged Keir Starmer to act on touts. Photograph: Sipa US/Alamy

Last May, in a dimly lit basement beneath London’s South Bank, the UK’s most prolific ticket touts gathered to discuss Labour’s plan to effectively put them out of business.

One seasoned ticket “trader” pleaded with colleagues to help fund a war chest to lobby against the party’s election manifesto pledge to ban reselling tickets for profit.

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