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‘Tories played political games with shop worker safety’, says Usdaw

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Retail trade union Usdaw has criticised Tory ministers for failing to follow through on their promise to create a standalone offence of assaulting a shop worker. The government did table an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill but it fell when a general election was…

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