Labour Proposes 13,000 More Police and New Laws to Protect Retail Workers and High Streets
• Labour plans to bring in 13,000 more police officers and replace business rates to revive British high streets
• Yvette Cooper claimed the government finally backed a previous Labour proposal to bring in a new law covering attacks on retail staff
• Cooper described Conservative plans as an "imitation" of what her party wanted
• Assault of shop workers would be made a specific criminal offence
• Cooper criticized the government's handling of issues around retailing, the Labour Party, UK high streets