Sir Keir Starmer has said “action will be taken” following “violent disorder” in parts of England in the wake of the Southport stabbings. The prime minister summoned police chiefs to Downing Street on Thursday afternoon following scenes of violent unrest in London, Hartlepool and Manchester overnight, while a demonstration in Aldershot saw a tense stand-off with riot police. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Thank you very much for coming at short notice for this meeting today.
00:04Thank you, Serena, for joining us on screen.
00:08I know you're really busy.
00:10We meet here around this table in the shadow of a horrific attack in Southport on young girls.
00:19And I think our first thoughts are obviously with the victims, their families,
00:25the wider community who are in raw pain and grief.
00:30And I know that they and other people want answers, and I'm determined that we will provide answers.
00:37But shockingly, what we've also seen is marauding mobs on the streets of Southport
00:44attacking the very same police officers who responded to the awful attack on those girls.
00:53This government supports the police. It supports what you are doing.
00:59And to be absolutely clear, this is not protest.
01:04This is violent disorder, and action needs to be taken.