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MPs debate retail crime in the wake of new powers to protect shop staff

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Parliament this week debated retail crime after the passing of the Crime & Policing Act, part of which is intended to protect shopworkers from violence and abuse. The act includes making assaulting retail staff a standalone offence, abolishing the £200 threshold for theft prosecutions, authorising…

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