Starmer pledges to keep communities safe as police prepare for further violence
Immigration solicitors have received threats from the far-right amid violent unrest on Britain’s streets.
Immigration solicitors have received threats from the far-right amid violent unrest on Britain’s streets.
Immigration law specialists and advice centres said they have been advised to work from home as threats to their workplace circulated online.
Joshua Simpson turned up in the area around the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers on Sunday after hours of disorder was starting to die down.
InterContinental Hotels Group said the unrest, which included two of its hotels being stormed by rioters, was a ‘troubling and challenging situation’.
Revealing the plan, justice minister Heidi Alexander also said a ‘standing army’ of specialist police had been set up to deal with violent protests.
In Southport, hundreds of people attended a peaceful vigil a week on from the murders of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Dasilva Aguiar.
Peter Kyle said he had met representatives from social media giants on Monday.
Afzal Khan has urged Sir Keir Starmer to formally adopt a definition of Islamophobia after scenes of disorder in parts of the UK.
Sir Keir Starmer vowed to ‘ramp up criminal justice’ after an emergency Cobra meeting was called.
On Sunday, anti-immigration rioters smashed the windows of the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers before starting fires.
The company was among several high street retailers with stores targeted over a weekend of looting in several towns and cities across the UK.
Under UK law, victims of criminal damage to property and possessions during a riot are entitled to claim for losses.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said courts were on standby to handle the cases of those charged.
Widespread unrest continued for the sixth day in a row following the killing of three young girls in Southport.
People threw planks of wood at police outside a Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham.