The music industry has been left “disappointed” by the UK government’s draft bill on a ticket tout ban in the King’s Speech today (Wednesday May 13).

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Just last week, Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to “stamp out ticket touts for good” in a letter to live music fans , promising to act “as soon as possible”, as exclusively revealed by NME .

However, in the King’s Speech delivered in the Houses of Parliament earlier today, the plans to tackle the issue were introduced as a draft bill, dubbed the Draft Ticket Tout Ban Bill.…