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Starmer announces emergency Iran war meeting in speech on shoplifting crackdown
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April 27, 2026
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28:03Now PlayingMinisters are this morning highlighting efforts to crack down on a shoplifting "free-for-all".
They're introducing a new specific offence of assaulting a retail worker - something Labour pledged to do in their 2024 election manifesto - as well as closing the £200 shoplifting "loophole".
Current policing rules define shoplifting below £200 as "low value", which forces often don't investigate.
The British Retail Consortium says this has led to a perception among crime groups that police do not consider it as a "real" crime.
The measures are part of the government's Crime and Policing Bill, which should become law in the coming days before parliament closes ahead of the King's Speech.
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