Sir Keir Starmer will hold a Cobra meeting after violence continued across England over the weekend, No10 has confirmed.
The Prime Minister, who condemned the attack on a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham, is promising rioters will feel the “full force of the law”.
Unrest erupted across much of England over the weekend, including in Middlesbrough and Belfast.
Counter-protesters also gathered in major hotspots for confrontation, with up to 300 masked people shouting “Allahu Akbar” in Bolton.
A Cobra meeting is being held after a sixth day of violence following the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport.
The meeting will bring together ministers, civil servants, police and intelligence officers.
During a televised address on Sunday, Starmer warned protesters will “regret” taking part.
He said: “People in this country have a right to be safe, and yet we’ve seen Muslim communities targeted, attacks on mosques.
“Other minority communities singled out, Nazi salutes in the street, attacks on the police, wanton violence alongside racist rhetoric, so no, I won’t shy away from calling it what it is: far-right thuggery.”
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Farage is a ‘friend’ but I won’t let him ‘destroy’ the Tory Party, says Patel
Priti Patel speaking at an event organised by the Conservative Democratic Organisation
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Dame Priti Patel has vowed to now let her pal Nigel Farage “destroy” the Tory Party if she becomes Conservative leader on November 2.
The former Home Secretary, who joins six other leadership hopefuls, has been a “friend” of Farage for years.
Patel and Farage were recently snapped dancing at the 2023 Conservative Party Conference.
The pair, who now both represent Essex seats in the House of Commons, were also on the same side of the Brexit debate.
However, given Reform UK’s breakthrough on July 4, Tory leadership hopefuls have been pushed to win back support from the populist party.
Patel told The Telegraph: “There’s a distinction between getting on with someone and recognising the fact that his mission was to destroy the Conservative Party. I will not allow that to happen.”
The Witham MP’s comments come after GB News reported that Reform UK’s ex-deputy leader Ben Habib was supporting Patel’s leadership bid.