UK police risk assessment before riots said far-right threat probably ‘minimal’

Documents show officers instead prioritised environmental and pro-Palestinian protests as potential hazards

In the months leading up to this summer's riots, police leaders believed that the threat of violence from far-right protests was likely to be minimal", official papers reveal.

Documents from December 2023 show that police instead prioritised the pro-Palestinian movement, environmental protests, football matches and animal rights activism as potentially threatening public order.