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Everywhere else in Europe does it – it’s time for London to follow suit and start charging for museum entry, argues Simon Jenkins.

Push has finally come to shove at the world’s greatest museum. The Metropolitan — New York’s equivalent of the British Museum and the National Gallery in one — is to charge admission for tourists. After years of relying on “voluntary donations”, the museum will expect out-of-towners to pay $25 to relieve its $15 million deficit... Keep reading on London Evening Standard