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Usdaw backs Bill amendment to extend protections to home delivery drivers

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Retail trade union Usdaw has welcomed an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, tabled by Anneliese Midgley MP (Labour, Knowsley), which would extend the offence of assaulting a retail worker to home delivery drivers. New Clause 48 could be considered during the remaining House…

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