Written Question·Home Office·UIN 12822

Shoplifting: Essex

Tabled: 5 November 2024

Answered: 14 November 2024

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce shoplifting in Essex.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

Shop theft rose to record levels under the previous government , with shopworkers facing unacceptable violence and abuse in the process. We will not stand for this. Everybody has a right to feel safe on the job.This Government will end the effective impun...

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