Assaulting a shopworker is to be made a separate criminal offence after the Government U-turned in the face of a long-running campaign.Ministers had previously ruled out legislating to create a new offence, saying in response to a parliamentary petition in October they did not think it was "required or will be most effective".But on Wednesday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that his Government will be amending its Criminal Justice Bill to bring in the new offence, which will apply to Engla

Assaulting a shopworker is to be made a separate criminal offence after the Government U-turned in the face of a long-running campaign.Ministers had previously ruled out legislating to create a new offence, saying in response to a parliamentary petition in October they did not think it was "required or will be most effective".But on Wednesday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that his Government will be amending its Criminal Justice Bill to bring in the new offence, which will apply to England and Wales.