MPs have been warned to take safety precautions as riots continue to spread across the country. Members of parliament have been urged to contact police and consider working from home instead of their constituency offices. Those whose offices are “prominent and easily identifiable” have also been advised to look atContinue Reading
Anti-immigration rioters have been accused of “defiling” the Union flag by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Most Reverend Justin Welby’s comments were in response to violent protesters seen waving Union Flags in street demonstrations across Britain. Hundreds of people have been arrested after riots linked to the far right rockedContinue Reading
Elon Musk’s post on his social media platform that “civil war is inevitable” as rioting in the UK continues is “deeply irresponsible”, justice minister Heidi Alexander said. Mr Musk, the head of X, formerly Twitter, has faced a backlash to his comments as social media sites have also been criticisedContinue Reading
Ministers will back social media firms if users who spread misinformation “have nowhere to hide”, the Technology Secretary has said. Peter Kyle confirmed in a statement that he had met representatives from social media giants on Monday amid fears that posts to online forums are fuelling violent disorder. His meetingsContinue Reading
Unpaid council tax debt has rocketed to £6bn as households reel from the pandemic and the cost of living crisis, according to a new report. Arrears have nearly doubled since before the Covid crisis – when they totalled around £3.6bn. The figures are contained in a new report published daysContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has ordered a new “standing army” of specialist police officers to be set up to bring an end to the far-right riots which have broken out across the UK in the last week. The prime minister made the move after chairing an emergency COBR (Cabinet Office BriefingContinue Reading
Anyone whipping up violence online will face “the full force of the law”, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as the Technology Secretary said social media firms providing “a platform for this hate” must go further in tackling it. Downing Street also condemned Elon Musk for claiming “civil war is inevitable”Continue Reading
Anyone whipping up violence online will face “the full force of the law”, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as the Government warned action by social media firms to tackle inflammatory content “doesn’t go far enough”. Downing Street also condemned Elon Musk for claiming that “civil war is inevitable” in theContinue Reading
Hostile states may be amplifying social media posts on rioting in Britain, home secretary Yvette Cooper has warned. It comes just one day after as the government’s adviser on political violence and disruption, Lord Walney, warned that far-right actors are “almost certainly” being “aided and abetted by hostile states inContinue Reading
A senior member of Rishi Sunak’s shadow ministerial team has been branded “disgusting” after appearing to suggest that the far right riots sweeping the UK are the fault of Labour opposing the Rwanda deportation scheme. Shadow Welsh secretary Lord Byron Davies got caught up in an exchange on X/Twitter withContinue Reading
