The start of the football season has sparked fears of further unrest, with some newspapers reporting police are considering football banning orders after investigations suggested a link between rioters and football hooligan groups.
Police officers remain on high alert amid concerns unrest will continue this weekend.
The start of the football season has sparked fears of further unrest, with some newspapers reporting police are considering football banning orders after investigations suggested a link between rioters and football hooligan groups.
Sir Keir Starmer has reiterated that police should remain on “high alert” going into the weekend.
“My message to the police and all of those that are charged with responding to disorder is maintain that high alert,” the prime minister said as he visited the Metropolitan Police’s special operations room in Lambeth on Friday.
Sir Keir said he was “convinced” having police officers on the streets and “the swift justice that has been dispensed in our courts” have had a “real impact” on deterring further unrest.
The disorder initially began in the wake of a mass stabbing attack in Southport that killed three young girls on 29 July, and injured several others.
Some 741 people have now been arrested over rioting, according to the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), of which 302 have been charged.