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Usdaw calls for a protection of shop workers law in Northern Ireland amid rise in theft

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Retail trade union Usdaw is deeply concerned by recorded crime statistics from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) showing a 20% uplift in shoplifting in the last twelve months. This continues the trend of increases since the pandemic and shoplifting has now risen to…

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