LGA misleads Peers over live music bill
The Local Government Association has been handing out a misleading and offensive briefing against Lord Clement-Jones’ live music bill.
Entitled ’Live Music Bill – LGA Group Second Reading Briefing’ and dated 15th January 2010, the A4 page has been distributed to Peers over the past two days in advance of the bill’s 2nd reading today in the House of Lords.
The introduction makes these key claims: ‘The [...]
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New guidance for licensees, musicians and local authorities on the Licensing Act’s ‘incidental music’ exemption has been published by the Local Government Association
New guidance for licensees, musicians and local authorities on the Licensing Act’s ‘incidental music’ exemption has been published by the Local Government Association: http://www.lacors.gov.uk/lacors/ContentDetails.aspx?id=22768
and http://www.lacors.gov.uk/lacors/upload/23037.pdf
Despite input from the Musicians Union and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the abiding impression is of someone holding a dangerous snake at arms length. The benefits of live music are rarely [...]