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Government refutes corporate pressure is delaying resale review

Government refutes corporate pressure is delaying resale review

THE GOVERNMENT has rejected suggestions that delays to its review of the secondary ticketing sector are due to pressure from US-based corporations behind websites such as StubHub, GET ME IN! and Seatwave, who could be most affected by reforms.

Labour MP Sharon Hodgson, who chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Ticket Abuse, says the Government should not "bow to pressure from vested interests" over its legal duty to hold the review, as promised as part of the amendment to the Consumer Rights Act.

"The Government finally promised to look into the secondary ticketing market, and not just keep pretending the problems do not exist," she says. "Sadly, months on, we are still waiting.

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Posted on: 28/10/2015Categories: News from Live UK

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