£200 Shoplifting Threshold Scrapped

Thursday, 14th November 2024 at 8:47am

As reported on the Grocery Gazette  website, the government is planning to reverse the current £200 threshold in its shoplifting charter, to better tackle the rise in retail crime.

The government is set to remove the 2014 shoplifting legislation, which makes shop theft involving property with a value of £200 or less, a summary-only offence.

A minister said, “It is simply not right to leave businesses and retail workers at the mercy of criminals [...] ending the shameful neglect of shoplifting over the last 10 years.

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