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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.

The member-owned mutual has spent £18 million so far this year on measures to help protect staff in its food business, including rolling out body-worn cameras and fortified kiosks.

But despite this, it took a hit of £39.5 million from theft and fraud in its shops in the first half – up 19% on a year earlier – even as it ramped up campaigning on the issue.

Matt Hood, managing director of Co-op Food, told the PA news agency: “It isn’t going away.

“The reality is that every day four of our colleagues are attacked, up 34% on 2022, and scarily a further 115 of my colleagues will be seriously abused, up 37% on two years ago.”

Talk’s Alex Phillips is joined by former Met Police DCI Mike Neville on the potential solutions to the rise in attacks.

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