Labour hands police ‘long-overdue’ violent shoplifting powers

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Retail crime is a "systemic issue" (Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images) The government has handed the police a set of “long overdue” powers to crack down on soaring levels of violent shoplifting, ...

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