M&S hits out at Sadiq Khan for being soft on crime amid mob of youths descending on Clapham

Officials at Marks & Spencer have blasted Sir Sadiq Khan, accusing the London Mayor of failing to get a grip on crime in the capital. The retailer has called on Sir Sadiq to "prioritise effective policing" as "more brazen, more organised and more aggressive" attacks are ramping up across Britain. It follows multiple nights of mobs of young people swarming shops in the affluent neighbourhood of Clapham in south London. Now, M&S's retail director Thinus Keeve said staff had been headbutted and taken to hospital following an ammonia attack in the last week as he urged City Hall and Westminster to do more to tackle shoplifting and crime. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Writing in The Telegraph, Mr Keeve said: "I keep hearing crime is falling, especially in London, something none of us believes, and very few people working in retail would see. "Without a Government seriously cracking down on crime and a Mayor that prioritises effective policing, we are powerless." More to follow... LATEST DEVELOPMENTS Six teenagers now arrested after mob of unruly London youths run riot Families 'barricaded inside shops' as terrorising youths force London high street into lockdown Establishment media and investors won't go near the Clapham story for the same reason - Kelvin MacKenzie Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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