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Farm shops welcome shoplifting focus in Autumn Budget

Farm retailers across the country have faced a spate of targeted burglaries

Alex Black
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Farm shops welcome shoplifting focus in Autumn Budget

Farm shops have welcomed the focus on the issue of shoplifting in the Autumn Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves promised action on shoplifting, saying Labour would ‘scrap the effective immunity for low-value...

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