Office for National Statistics

The biggest obstacle to achieving economic growth is the country’s shortage of skills and labour. Data from the Office for National Statistics revealed that last year, more than a fifth, 21.8 per cent, of working-age adults in the UK are out of work. In Yorkshire, the figure is even higher, around a quarter.

There can hardly be any of us who haven’t witnessed the shoplifting crimewave happening before our eyes. In supermarkets, in clothes shops, in DIY or electrical stores, it’s right there in front of us, brazen theft being committed as if it’s the most natural thing in the world.