Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced a new national cross-police force unit to tackle violent disorder, in the wake of riots in response to the killing of three children in Southport.
At least a dozen police chiefs attended emergency meeting with the prime minister in Downing Street, following a second night of violence across England.
More than 110 people were arrested in London, after protestors – wearing England flags and waving banners – launched beer cans and glass bottles at police, and threw flares at the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, on Wednesday.
A police unit will be set up to tackle violent disorder across the country after rioting by far-right groups in the wake of the Southport stabbings, the prime minister has announced.
Sir Keir Starmer said he would not allow a “breakdown of law and order on our streets” following violent scenes in Southport, Hartlepool and London in the aftermath of the attack ,which killed three young girls who attended a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
