UK Government Introduces Tougher Laws on Knives, Shoplifting, and Anti-Social Behavior

New legislation includes jail time for online sales of banned weapons, specific offences for assaulting retail workers, and the return of anti-social behavior orders.

• Executives of tech firms could face up to two years in jail for selling banned weapons online under new laws.
• Assaulting a retail worker will become a specific criminal offence with severe penalties.
• Labour plans to reintroduce Respect Orders to curb persistent anti-social behavior.
• The government aims to bolster neighborhood policing with an additional 13,000 officers.
• Judges will have new powers to compel criminals to attend sentencing hearings.

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