The government has announced legislation to outlaw the sale of tickets to sports events at inflated prices - but it will not cover football.

Touts – and ordinary consumers – will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they purchased ticket

Ministers are expected to unveil plans to tackle sites that offer tickets at several times their original face value

Ministers say they will tackle sites offering music, theatre and sport tickets at above face value.

The UK government is set to ban the resale of live-event tickets above face value, according to British press reports.

A proposed law will make it illegal to resell tickets for events such as concerts above face value.

The government has announced legislation to outlaw the sale of tickets to sports events at inflated prices - but it will not cover football.

The move comes as the UK government unveils sweeping consumer protections aimed at ticket scalpers whose inflated prices have angered fans and the music industry.