Jacksons children exploitation

A Jackson Five tribute band has been blocked from playing an aftershow for the Royal Variety Performance because the event starts too late for the kids to work under child labour laws:

A council spokesman said: “We have issued licences for them in the past. But the law is clear that minors cannot be issued with a licence to perform beyond 10.30pm, under any circumstances.”

Naturally, there's some muttering about "red tape" in the Echo's coverage.