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Keir Starmer to call time on ‘disgraceful’ shop theft ‘free-for-all’
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Keir Starmer to call time on ‘disgraceful’ shop theft ‘free-for-all’

The Independent·Millie Cooke·about 1 month ago
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Sir Keir Starmer will set out new plans to crack down on retail crime, promising to call time on the shop theft “free-for-all”. Speaking on Monday, the prime minister will hit out at “disgraceful” attempts to “cheat the system” through high street shoplifting , saying the government has put an extra 3,000 neighbourhood police officers on the streets. The government has scrapped the effective immunity for thieves stealing goods worth less than £200. Meanwhile, ministers are also attempting to introduce a standalone offence for assaulting a retail worker in the Crime and Policing Bill going through Parliament. But the two Houses of Parliament are currently in a tussle over the final draft of the Bill as the end of the parliamentary session nears.…

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