Labour minister Dame Diana Johnson faces brutal grilling over surge in crime: 'Outrageous! '

Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 31/01/2025

- 13:35

Updated: 31/01/2025

- 13:59

New figures reveal shoplifting has reached its highest level since records began in 2003, with nearly half a million offences recorded in England and Wales

GB News presenter Ellie Costello has confronted the Labour policing minister over the surge in retail crime, demanding urgent action.

Ellie challenged Dame Diana Johnson over "absolutely outrageous" figures from the British Retail Consortium showing 2,000 daily shoplifting incidents and a 50 per cent rise in violence against shop workers.

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