Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Treasury Minutes – April 2024Found: in the capital markets, or by encouraging savers to invest in National Savings & Investments (NS&I) retail
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Treasury Minutes – April 2024Found: in the capital markets, or by encouraging savers to invest in National Savings & Investments (NS&I) retail
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Justice data lab statistics: April 2024Found: Prisoners on the programme explore the effects of crime on victims, offenders, and the community, and
Found: , at the time, in retail work
Found: , at the time, in retail work
Asked by: Sarah Edwards (Labour - Tamworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to introduce legislation protecting shopworkers from serial or abusive shoplifters.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government’s plan – "Fighting retail crime: more action" was launched on 10 April, and includes a new standalone offence for assaults on retail workers and electronic monitoring for prolific shoplifters. This builds on the police-led Retail Crime Action Plan, launched in October 2023.
We will legislate through the Criminal Justice Bill, currently before Parliament, to introduce a presumption towards electronic monitoring as part of a sentence served in the community for those who repeatedly steal from shops.
The new bespoke offence of assaulting a retail worker will also be introduced via the Criminal Justice Bill. The offence will have a maximum penalty of six months in prison, or an unlimited fine – and upon conviction, it is expected that courts will make a Criminal Behaviour Order, which could bar offenders from visiting affected shops or premises. Breaching a Criminal Behaviour Order is a criminal offence and carries a five-year maximum prison sentence.
Those who repeatedly assault retail workers will be electronically monitored after their third offence, to crack down on reoffending and ensure those continuing down a path of violent behaviour will be met with further consequences. For the most serious violent offenders of assault, custodial sentences of up to five years in prison are already available.
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: Recovered appeal: land to the north of Cambridge North Station, Cambridge (ref: 3315611 - 23 April 2024)Found: One Milton Avenue is a proposed office building with space for retail use at ground floor.
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: A9 Dualling Programme and A75 Upgrade: EIR releaseFound: area is deprived across seven domains: income, employment, education, health, access to services, crime
Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) Their appearance also creates fear in communities affected by knife crime. - Speech Link
2: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) In 2021-22, a record number of children were victims of crime. - Speech Link
Found: , at the time, in retail work