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Asda demands customer leave store telling him 'we don't like the way you shop'
Asda customer says he was left "humiliated" after being told to leave the supermarket by staff because they 'didn't like the way he shops'.Matthew Scholes said he visited Asda's Thornaby store to do his his weekly shop, after a 12-hour night shift at a care home, and was followed around the store by a staff member with a clipboard.The 49-year-old said that when he reached the alcohol aisle a female worker told him: "We have seen you in here before" and "I want you to leave the store right now".Matthew, who lives in Thornaby, said he tried to explain he had done nothing wrong.However, he said the Asda employee kept repeating herself and he had no choice but to put his basket down and leave the shop.Matthew said he contacted the retailer about the incident and was left stunned by their response.According to Teesside Live, an email sent to him by Asda executive relations said: "I have spoken to the store leadership team who have informed me they do not like the way you shop."I appreciate this may not be the response you were looking for and I am sorry for any disappointment this may cause."The company says that their colleagues can ask shoppers to leave if they suspect them of "suspicious shopping behaviour".Matthew, who works at Victoria House Care Home in Stockton, said: "I feel discriminated against and humiliated. I picked up a bottle of Ouzo and, at that point with a bottle in my hand, the woman said 'can I have a word? I want you to leave the shop right now'."I said 'what's going on I haven't done nothing wrong, I haven't stolen anything'.
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DWP to close over 40 UK offices with 'thousands' of jobs at risk
The Department of Work and Pensions has today announced a plan to close around 42 offices, and unions claim that "thousands" of jobs could be at risk.Thousands of benefits office staff were called to meetings at 10.30am today to be told about the changes.Thirteen of the 42 offices will be closed with "no other strategic site nearby" leaving some 1,300 workers either losing their jobs altogether or reapplying for work in another government department.Roughly another 29 offices are expected to shut with their 12,000 workers having to move to another site nearby.Many of the closures are in key parts of northern England, from Blackburn and Bradford to Washington and Stockton-on-Tees.Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey had recently described the DWP staff as 'exceptional', saying: “They are the hidden heroes for many people in this country. They should take great pride in their hard work and dedication to supporting people through these difficult times.”Shadow DWP minister Justin Madders said: "It looks as though the DWP doesn't believe in levelling up, it doesn't believe in its own rhetoric on jobs, and it doesn't believe in keeping people in work."Many of the closures are in areas of economic deprivation that can hardly afford to lose good quality, public sector jobs.
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