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Yvette Cooper, on a visit to Morrisons in Rothwell yesterday, met with supermarket staff who shared their experience of assaults and abuse by gangs of shoplifters in the region.
West Yorkshire saw a 14 per cent increase in reports of shoplifting in the year to June, official figures outline, while the wider region topped 19 per cent in a near all-time high.
Ms Cooper met with Morrisons chief executive Rami Baitiéh, who is working closely with policing teams to ban repeat offenders and with a drop already seen over recent weeks.
And along with a rise in reports of shoplifting and theft, there was a "big increase" in assaults and abuse against shop workers.
"Criminal gangs have come to know this is an easy way to make money and they're getting away with it," she said. "That's why we need stronger action. To make sure if you've got someone stealing again and again that it's taken seriously."
And when it came to the human impact, she said it was a "disgrace" and "completely unacceptable" that shop workers should come to harm.
Yvette Cooper, on a visit to Morrisons in Rothwell yesterday, met with supermarket staff who shared their experience of assaults and abuse by gangs of shoplifters in the region.
West Yorkshire saw a 14 per cent increase in reports of shoplifting in the year to June, official figures outline, while the wider region topped 19 per cent in a near all-time high.
Ms Cooper met with Morrisons chief executive Rami Baitiéh, who is working closely with policing teams to ban repeat offenders and with a drop already seen over recent weeks.
And along with a rise in reports of shoplifting and theft, there was a "big increase" in assaults and abuse against shop workers.
"Criminal gangs have come to know this is an easy way to make money and they're getting away with it," she said. "That's why we need stronger action. To make sure if you've got someone stealing again and again that it's taken seriously."
And when it came to the human impact, she said it was a "disgrace" and "completely unacceptable" that shop workers should come to harm.