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Northern Ireland retailers and shopworkers call for greater protection against violence

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Retailers and staff in Northern Ireland have joined growing calls for a standalone protection of shopworkers law. The call comes after the latest recorded crime statistics from the Police Service of Northern Ireland showed shoplifting had more than doubled since the pandemic. Retail trade union…

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