‘Staff have been spat at’ Bolton town centre shop managers react to new tougher laws

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced this week that assaulting shop staff will be made a separate criminal offence, after the Government U-turned in the face of a long-running campaign.

Manager of Poundbakery on Market Street in the town centre, Lesley Olive, says she does not feel as though the new measures will make them feel safer because people will still commit the offence.

Whilst they have not had to deal with any physical…