Police and community wardens could be given new powers to tackle ticket touting in Ascot to protect residents and visitors during Royal Ascot. Ticket touting is selling, offering for sale, or advertising event tickets without the express written permission of the event organiser, and approaching members of the public with the intention of selling or exchanging tickets. A new consultation by RBWM looks at creating a new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) – a common tool used to tackle antisocial behaviour – to crack down on this. If introduced, it would give police officers and community wardens the power to challenge anyone ticket touting or engaged in unauthorised selling. Before going ahead with this, the Borough is launching a public consultation to see if residents agree.

Source: Express December 24, 2025 11:38 UTC