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Shoplifting has soared to a record high with almost half a million offences recorded last year, new figures have revealed.. A total of 469,788 offences were logged by forces in the year to June ...
The Co-operative Group has laid bare the rising impact of shoplifting as it said the cost of crime in its stores surged by nearly a fifth to £40 million in the first half of the year alone.
Shoplifting is the largest single reason for loss of merchandise. [30] Retailers report that shoplifting has a significant effect on their bottom line, stating that about 0.6% of all inventory disappears to shoplifters. According to the 2012 National Retail Security Survey, shoplifting costs American retailers approximately $14B annually. [31]
The Palace of Westminster, in which the Houses of Parliament are based This article lists the published allegations of expenses abuse made against specific members of the British Parliament in the course of the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal. While the majority of these were first made public by The Daily Telegraph on or after 8 May 2009, a few cases had already come to public ...
The legislation also introduced major financial changes, including an increase in the normal total standard grant from £155 to £200, an increase from £400 to £1000 in the maximum improvement grant that might be given at the discretion of the local authority, and a new Exchequer grant to local authorities of 50% of the expense for ...
A 47-year-old man who stole cosmetics and perfumes worth £25,000 from Boots stores in three towns has been jailed for two years. Ionel Elvis Dulea, of Stephenson Street, Gateshead, stole the ...
In November 2021, a Freedom of Information request revealed that Mone personally recommended the company to the government through its VIP fast-track lane for firms with political connections and that the company was awarded £200 million in government contracts. This high-priority process was set up in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
The pair's relationship became public prior to their mutual college graduation in 2005. They briefly went separate ways in 2007 — as Prince William said in their 2010 engagement interview, they ...