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Following the cancellation of Glastonbury, Shambala, Bristol Harbour and Blue Dot, the UK Government has been warned that organisers will be forced to cancel events at short notice if no provision for covering costs in the event of a COVID-forced cancellation is made. Furthermore, insurance brokers say it would cost the government as little as £250m to guarantee events such as festivals can plan to go ahead, which would boost the UK economy to the tune of billions if they go ahead as planned.