Starmer tells rioters ‘you will regret it’ as mosques offered emergency support

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference in Downing Street, London (Henry Nicholls/PA)

Keir Starmer vowed rioters would “regret” engaging in “far-right thuggery” after a sixth day of escalating violence in England as the Government announced emergency security for mosques amid the threat of further disorder.

In a televised address to the nation, the British prime minister condemned an attack on a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham and promised those involved in unrest would “face the full force of the law”.