Keir Starmer promises to protect communities amid fears of further riots

Prime minister holds emergency Cobra meeting in face of escalation of disorder following Southport stabbings

Keir Starmer has pledged that communities would be safe" as the country braces itself for an escalation in disorder on Wednesday.

The prime minister chaired a meeting of the government's emergency Cobra committee on Tuesday evening, the second in two days, to coordinate the response to the ongoing unrest.