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.

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{ai:summary}<p>GB News presenter Ellie Costello pressed Labour policing minister Dame Diana Johnson on the alarming rise in retail crime, citing British Retail Consortium data revealing 2,000 daily shoplifting incidents and a 50% increase in violence against shop workers. Urgent action is being demanded. #crime</p>

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

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