SHOP workers are the hidden victims of the cost-of-living crisis, an Usdaw official warned today after Sir Keir Starmer suggested Britain was “turning the tide” on record levels of shoplifting.The Prime Minister highlighted a 17 per cent rise in the numbers of shoplifters being charged at the union’s annual conference in Blackpool.“Shop theft is down, it’s only slightly down but the tide could be turning,” he said, adding that trials where shop CCTV has been shared instantly with local forces had seen police solve twice as many shop theft cases.

SHOP workers are the hidden victims of the cost-of-living crisis, an Usdaw official warned today after Sir Keir Starmer suggested Britain was “turning the tide” on record levels of shoplifting.

The Prime Minister highlighted a 17 per cent rise in the numbers of shoplifters being charged at the union’s annual conference in Blackpool.

“Shop theft is down, it’s only slightly down but the tide could be turning,” he said, adding that trials where shop CCTV has been shared instantly with local forces had seen police solve twice as many shop theft cases.

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