Stores and shop staff demand tougher assault laws

Retailers and shop workers' leaders have demanded tougher laws to end attacks on retail staff.

Under threat: Nine out of 10 shop workers have been threatened by thugs

One of the country’s biggest supermarkets and the retail workers union have demanded new legislation to curb the number of assaults on staff. The Co-Op, small traders and the union Usdaw have written to the prime minister because of a huge...