The government launched its Fighting Retail Crime plan, a new package of measures to tackle prolific shop theft and criminals who attack retail workers.
It's a wide-ranging plan with a raft of new measures such as tags for repeat offenders to prevent future offences, £55.5 million for facial recognition technology to identify offenders and a specific new offence for assaulting shop workers, delivering on our plan to drive down crime.
The Two Cities is a safe place for people to do business, but from my visits to local shops, it is clear action is needed so that our high streets remain great places to shop. No one should feel unsafe at work, and Two Cities MP Nickie Aiken believes the measures outlined will make a difference and build on October's Action Plan to Tackle Shoplifting to catch more offenders and keep workers safe.
