New Culture Secretary a defender of ticket resale sites

The UK’s new Culture Secretary is a staunch defender of controversial secondary ticketing sites, it has emerged.

Tory MP Sajid Javid, who yesterday took over the post from Maria Miller, was engaged in a House Of Commons debate in 2011 over the possibility of introducing legislation to cap profits on ticket resale.

Sharon Hodgson MP, a long-time opponent of current ticket resale sites, made a bid for a law which would have prevented tickets being resold for any greater ...



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