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SUMMARY:Shoplifting\, Violence and Abuse: Confronting the Crime Epidemic Faced by Retailers and Shop-Workers
URL:https://policyexchange.org.uk/labour-party-conference-2023/
DESCRIPTION:The ‘property’ crime wave engulfing our high streets has vaulted up the national policy agenda - and rightly so. The latest crime stats show that police recorded ‘property’ crime increased substantially compared to last year – with ‘theft person’ up 28%\, shoplifting up 24% and robbery up 13%.\n \nOften these offences are perpetrated by individuals linked to Organised Crime Groups who are profiting from this crime wave. The economic impact of these crimes is considerable. Costs are transferred to the poorest customers through higher prices. Rising insurance premiums become unsustainable. Staff become too scared to go to work and chose to seek employment elsewhere.\n \nYet many believe that these crimes are too often not taken seriously by the police or wider criminal justice system\, leading to assertions that these crimes becoming almost ‘decriminalised’ in some areas. \n \nPolicy Exchange has\, over many years been at the forefront of raising the profile of these types of offending. In March 2015 David Lammy MP authored a Policy Exchange report\, Taking its Toll: the regressive impact of property crime in Britain and in September of that year he wrote the follow-up paper Low Crime for All. More recently in September 2022 Policy Exchange published Policing Can Win\, which raised how police forces should prioritise offending which has a significant impact on local communities. \n\nSpeakers\n•	Alex Norris MP\, Shadow Minister for Policing \n•	Rt Hon Hazel Blears\, former Policing Minister\n•	Paul Gerrard\, Director of Campaigns and Public Affairs\, Co-Op\n•	Paddy Lillis\, General Secretary\, Union of Shop\, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW)\n•	Paul Richards\, Labour and Co-Operative Candidate for Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner \n•	David Spencer\, Head of Crime and Justice\, Policy Exchange	(Chair)\n\nLineup is subject to change. For the most up-to-date panel\, please follow the link.
LOCATION:Meeting Room 17\, ACC Liverpool
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