Like every retailer, the Co-op in Shinewater is routinely targeted by looters. Organised crime gangs send in looters to steal high-value goods for resale, and staff are powerless to prevent it. The police seldom turn up to the multiple cases on shoplifting in Eastbourne. It’s completely out of control.
Labour will make assaulting a shopworker a specific offence, with tough new penalties for the low-lifes who attack shop staff. We will put more police on foot patrol to deter looting, and respond faster. No-one should face violence and abuse at work, and Labour will start to make a difference in the battle against looting.
