PM's urged to set out a plan in response to riots

THE Prime Minister should not leave a job “half done” in his response to the summer riots, a think tank has said as it criticised the “vacuum” in policy around community cohesion.

Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to set out his plan to stop a repeat of the violent disorder involving what he described at the time as “far-right thuggery” on the streets in some parts of the UK.

Recommendations include bringing convicted rioters together with mosques and community organisations; encouraging more integration in local areas to avoid asylum and refugee accommodation becoming a focus for violence; and providing “good work” in some of the UK’s most deprived communities where traditional industries have shut down.