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Trade workers to hold mass rally in London amid tool theft epidemic

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Tradesmen and women demanding an end to a tool theft epidemic will descend on Westminster in their vans for a mass rally on Monday.

Workers are calling for stricter enforcement of existing laws and a crackdown on the resale of stolen items at car boot sales and markets.

Some 44,514 tool thefts, valued at nearly £100million, were reported to police last year - one every 12 minutes. This is.

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