PM Announces Measures To Tackle Disorder

The Prime Minister has urged the country to pull together as he promised to protect and compensate people whose lives have been hit by violence.

David Cameron also announced a new crackdown allowing police to remove facemasks from rioters trying to avoid prosecution.
His comments came as MPs interrupted their summer break to debate the causes of the recent disorder and the police response.
The Prime Minister said the trouble after four nights of extensive violence had been "criminality pure and simple" and pledged to do "whatever it takes" to restore order.
He also told MPs:
:: Council tenants convicted of offences could face eviction.
:: Reinforced police numbers will remain on the streets of London this weekend.
:: Anyone convicted of rioting should go to jail.
:: The Government are looking at whether it is possible to stop people plotting disorder through social media websites.

MILIBAND URGES SWIFT JUSTICE FOR RIOTERS

Mr Cameron revealed that more than 1,200 people have been arrested across the country.
He admitted at the start of the trouble there had been "far too few" police officers deployed and tactics they used had not worked.
The Prime Minister also announced new measures to tackle gang culture, including extending the system of gang injunctions across the country.
The Labour leader Ed Miliband said the riots had "disgusted us all" and added that it "cannot be allowed to stand".
He urged the Government to reconsider its planned cuts to police budgets.
"Given the absolute priority the public attaches to a visible and active police presence, does the Prime Minister understand why they would think it is not right that he goes ahead with the cuts to police numbers?" he asked.

Shops and flats in south London were badly damaged by the riots

Mr Cameron insisted the cuts were "totally achievable" without any reduction in the visible policing presence on the streets.
"At the end of this process of making sure our police budgets are affordable, we will still be able to surge as many police on to the streets as we have in recent days in London, in Wolverhampton, in Manchester," he said.
"I think it's important people understand that."
Several councils - including Manchester, Wandsworth and Salford - have said they will take action to evict tenants if they are found to be involved in rioting.
Ravi Govindia, the leader of Wandsworth Council, said: "People who live in council homes should be under no illusions about the fate that awaits them if they are found to have been involved in Monday night's destruction and thuggery."
In a further development, the Home Affairs Select Committee has announced it will hold an inquiry into the riots in September.
The Prime Minister took questions from 160 MPs after his statement but the debate continued later in the afternoon.

CAMERON: 'TIME TO GET TOUGH ON STREET GANGS'

Tottenham MP David Lammy, whose constituent Mark Duggan was killed by armed officers a week ago, called for a public inquiry into the Metropolitan Police's handling of the violence.
He asked why 120 of Mr Duggan's friends had to wait to speak to a senior officer when they marched peacefully to the local police station, and how the event came to be hijacked by "violent elements".
Mr Lammy also hit back at claims the riots had been race-related and asked all sides to "avoid reaching for easy slogans and solutions".
The issue of the riots had quickly turned political with senior Labour figures calling for police budget cuts to be halted, and for reassurances that the extra cost of tackling the disorder would fall on the Treasury.
London mayor Boris Johnson also appeared to suggest the cuts could be an issue when he spoke out on Wednesday.

YVETTE COOPER: 'WE NEED ALL OUR POLICE'

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper pressed the issue and said it was not enough to restore calm for a night or a week.
"Our cities cannot afford these problems to simmer and bubble and then spill over again," she said.
Linking the issue to the Government's policing policy, she added: "We do not agree that now is the time to cut 16,000 police officers from across the country."
Home Secretary Mrs May told MPs the disorder had demonstrated why reform of welfare, schools and the criminal justice system could not wait.
"The only cause of a crime is a criminal," she said, before suggesting immages of children "celebrating as they smash their way into shops" indicated a wider problem in society.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg earlier told Sky News the "savings in the police service are entirely manageable".
He added that it was "ridiculous to connect people breaking the law, looting and stealing with having to save money as a country on policing".