<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/05/arm-retail-guards-with-truncheons-and-pepper-spray-says-iceland-boss/"></div>Iceland boss Lord Richard Walker has proposed allowing trained retail security staff to carry equipment such as truncheons and pepper spray as retailers battle rising levels of shop theft and violence against workers. Walker, who is also the government’s cost of living tsar, has submitted a House of Lords private members bill which would establish...<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2026/05/arm-retail-guards-with-truncheons-and-pepper-spray-says-iceland-boss/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt -->