{
  "id": 9965617,
  "title": "Work intensifying on UK laws to stamp out concert ticket touts, say sources",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/26/work-intensifying-on-uk-laws-to-stamp-out-concert-ticket-touts-say",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-26T11:00:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/26/work-intensifying-uk-laws-stamp-out-concert-ticket-touts"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Artists including Tinie Tempah and the Smiths’ drummer Mike Joyce ramp up pressure on government to keep its pledge to outlaw for-profit resales The government has stepped up work on new laws to stop ticket touts fleecing fans , as the prime minister came under pressure from artists including the drummer from the Smiths, one of his favourite bands. Keir Starmer said last year that the government…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}